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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by bazoom42 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:58PM (#44302583)
Early on, programming was considered secretarial work.
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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by AdieuToLogic on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @09:30PM (#44305820)
> Early on, programming was considered secretarial work.

Incorrect.

Encoding a program was considered secretarial work, not the act of programming itself. Over time, "encoding" was shortened to "coding."

This is why the industry term "coder" is a pejorative descriptor.

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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by eru on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @02:23AM (#44307131)
> This is why the industry term "coder" is a pejorative descriptor.

For some people some of the time. I don't think that's true in general.

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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by 0points on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @03:15AM (#44307394)
> This is why the industry term "coder" is a pejorative descriptor.

It is not.

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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by brabel on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:20AM (#44308869)
It used to be widely seen as such. See for example Stallmanns latest post where he mentions that. Coder was not the same as programmer, it was the lesser half of the job. Nowadays the term has lost its original meaning.
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