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From: dave@ur-helheim.UUCP (David F. Carlson)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: New Discussion (first meetings)
Message-ID: <430@ur-helheim.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 08:41:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 08:41:51 1986
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In article <1572@lumiere.UUCP> richl@lumiere.UUCP (Rick Lindsley) writes:
>If you are a programmer, are you proud of it? Indifferent? Ashamed? 
>
>Rick Lindsley


There's this woman who I know and I've met several others like her,
that MUST be ashamed of what they do-- they can not bear the title
programmer.  "Software Engineer", PLEASE!!!  Programmer sounds like
COBOL for a bank or something.  I liken this title inflation to
calling a garbage man a "Sanitation engineer."  Now, Rick says he's
indifferent to being a programmer.  Maybe he just needs to beef
up his self esteem through a bit of title inflation.

						yours,

						dave, programmer
-- 
"The Faster I Go the Behinder I Get"
--Lewis Carroll

Dave Carlson

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