jason1234
Re:Holding a program in one's head
on Thursday August 23, 2007 @09:27PM (#45958)
I'll grant you that.
I suppose I wrote that response as a knee-jerk reaction to the twinge I get in my left shoulder every time I hear the word "programmer". I program and I code but I also paint and write but painting does not make me an artist and writing does not make me an author. Regardless, I agree with you after taking a breath and composing myself enough to slip back into regularity of terminology fearlessness.
Re:Holding a program in one's head
on Thursday August 23, 2007 @08:57PM (#45944)
I completely agree with this. However, I have disdain for the word "programmer" to describe what I do. I am a "software developer" which describes it much better and indicates much of what you've said here. A "programmer" is a monkey that writes x+2=y a developer has domain knowledge over the problem he is solving. Let's change the terminology to fit the job.