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Re:Your Job used to impress people. That era just ended by jfinnery on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:11PM (#44259376)

Working in software doesn't confer social status and never has. Money, maybe, but not status.

Lawyers' wages are badly depressed, supposedly, yet "I'm a lawyer" instantly confers better social status than "I'm a software developer" or even "I work at Google". Doctor, professor, those are jobs that come with a little or large bump in social status. "I'm a software developer" is like "I'm an accountant"—neutral at best.

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Re:Your Job used to impress people. That era just ended by glimshe on Thursday June 12, 2025 @06:40PM (#44263979)

I'm a "computer scientist" does a bit better than "software engineer" if you want to sound smarter. The distinction doesn't matter for most people.

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