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Subject: re: re: programmer title (opinion)
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Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 11:02:38 EST
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Subject: re: the "programmer" title
 
>call themselves this week).  They advertise "Be a *COMPUTER PROGRAMMER* in
>6 months!".
>	So the reason I don't say "programmer" is that I fear that someone
>will think I dropped out of high school, couldn't find a job, so I went to
>"COMPUTER TRAINING INSTITUTE" for 6 months, and... voila!  Can anybody

I think  this  poor reasoning for denying the reality of a title.  
If one were to take this title to its maximum extreme (or just an 
extreme), we'd all be  denying  our personal titles because there 
are charlatans out there who try to 'con' people with the concept 
of a title, rather than be a true representative of the title.

I spent many years 'wanting' to  be a programmer, until I learned 
that  'real  programmers'  are  really called 'system  analysts'.  
Then  along  comes  the  "architectural  software engineers', and 
after  that    are    the   'theoretical  topological  artificial 
intelligence .....' and  so  forth.    I've done programming, and 
I've done engineering, and  I've  taken care of home, hearth, and 
changed crappy diapers BEFORE 'pampers' were invented.

'TITLES' are a bunch of bunk !, except for the nerds who need them.

There are so many  'gray  scales'  that  go with a title that the 
title is almost meaningless.   We  have  had good Presidents, and 
bad Presidents.  The perception of the worth of a president isn't 
on the title given, but rather our  image  of  the person that it 
represents.  I think the same is true  for  a  'Programmer'.  The 
first  programmer  I  knew  was graduated from Harvard University 
'cum  laude',  and  was the 'darling' of the insurance company  I 
worked  at.  His position was envied by many.  He  did  'coding', 
but on the Univac II (Vacuum tubes and patchboards)!

				Gracefully yours,

The_Imperial_nondragon_Engineer_programmer_person_hiker_Man :^)

					Bob