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Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by martythemaniak on Monday October 05, 2009 @11:38AM (#861982)
Unfortunately, calling yourself a "Software Artisan", "Computer Artiste" or anything like that WILL make you sound like a pretentious douchebag.

Give your ego the middle-finger and just call yourself a software developer. It'll make everyone's lives easier.

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Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by pavel_lishin on Monday October 05, 2009 @12:03PM (#862040)
You're absolutely right, and he's updated his blog to briefly address this.
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Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by mattdennewitz on Monday October 05, 2009 @01:15PM (#862164)
one of the guys i used to work with titled himself 'interactive janitor'. i've always liked that.
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