Question: at what point do folks consider themselves programmers? Or scientists?
I've written programs, but don't feel I've earned the title "programmer". I've used the scientific method to identify and resolve issues, but "scientist"? Not I. At what point do folks feel comfortable identifying themselves that way? Just wondering if anyone else is pondering what I'm pondering.
@dumdumjobes Is it the same line that would be used to distinguish
between a number certain of grains of sand and a pile of sand? When do we
decide to use one or the other.
I started using the word developer not so long ago, instead of sysadmin, even
though I've been doing programming for a very long time now, but never really
professionally. Because of course we (I?) tend to define ourselves by what we
do "at work", the rest doesn't count. I'm being sarcastic, it does count, but
it's such a hard habit to lose.
You define yourself however you want. And if you want to be a programmer even
though you've never developed anything, then it's fine, you'll get there
(somewhere) eventually.
@pep You're right in that it truly is semantics after a certain point. It always just strikes me as funny that it's easier for us to classify others than it is for us to turn that lens back on ourselves. I only just got to thinking about it cause I've had multiple folks approach me at work with "You're a programmer, right? Can you take a look at this for me..." So it goes.
