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Subject: Re: Re: New Discussion (first meetings)
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 13:27:57 EST
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> >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
> -- 

People may very well have hangups with labels but remember that
there are real tasks associated with job descriptions such as
programmer.  To me that means someone who simply writes programs.
I write programs all the time but that is not the primary purpose
behind my work.  *IF* I wrote programs as well as did other
things I would prefer to be called a software engineer (if that is
what I am) because it simply is more descriptive of my job, no more
no less.  The sanitary engineer is an extreme example and really
does not apply here.  People just like to be refered to correctly 
and would be happiest if others did not pass judgement!
-- 
  Steve Hammond 
   arpa: hammond@ge-crd    uucp: ...rochester!steinmetz!hammond