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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by nineteen999 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @12:17AM (#40294276)
Maybe we need a new moniker "webgineer". The average HN/FAANG web programmer does appear to vastly overestimate the value of their contributions to the world.
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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by peterleiser on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @01:36AM (#40294694)
1999 indeed! I haven't heard that term since around 1999 when I was hired as a "web engineer" and derisively referred to myself as a "webgineer". I almost asked if I could change my title to "sciencematician".
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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by techcode on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @02:47AM (#40295073)
Have we done full circle?

When I started doing this "Internet stuff" we were called "webmasters", and job would actually include what today we call: - DevOps - Server/Linux sysadmin - DB admin - Full stack (backend and frontend) engineer

And I might have forgot some things.

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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by KptMarchewa on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @05:14AM (#40295892)
People who cobble together new printers or kettles overestimate the value of their contributions to the world too. The delineation isn't between JS devs and JPL or ASML engineers.
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