Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ...

Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by modelic3 on Monday October 05, 2009 @01:22PM (#862184)

He has a point. Saying I'm a mathematician never conveys the meaning of what I do. If you practice something long enough it does become an art but getting this sense across to non-practitioners is almost impossible.

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Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by jamesbritt on Monday October 05, 2009 @02:02PM (#862308)

" ... but getting this sense across to non-practitioners is almost impossible."

And maybe besides the point. I'm sure there's an art to be a lawyer, for example, but I really don't think anyone wants to hear about "Justice artisans" or some such crap.

"Software artisan" just sounds inane.

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Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by modelic3 on Monday October 05, 2009 @04:59PM (#862763)

The author is trying to convey his passion to other people when they ask him what he does so it certainly is not besides the point.

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Re:Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ... by jamesbritt on Monday October 05, 2009 @06:37PM (#862991)

It is beside the point of what people are looking for when they ask someone, "What do you do?"

Also, FWIW, it conveys for me not passion, but self-infatuation.

Perhaps it's a matter of what to do when someone asks you a basic question. Simply tell them what you think they want to know, or tell them what you want them to hear.

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