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Subject: Re: the programmer title
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 16:45:53 EST
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     Dennis Richie wrote in his Turing Award lecture that he calls himself
a programmer.  ``That's what I put on my income tax return.''.
     My favorite title used by someone who writes code for a living is
``Staff Topologist'', used by someone who specializes in the knotty problems
of high-speed fill algorithms, hidden line removal techniques, and similar
tough geometric problems.
     I myself have a business card that says ``Principal Software Engineer.''

					John Nagle