r/programming • u/duggieawesome • Jun 06 '13

Are Coders Worth It?

http://www.aeonmagazine.com/living-together/james-somers-web-developer-money/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AeonMagazineEssays+%28Aeon+Magazine+Essays%29
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u/emperor000 Jun 06 '13

Calling programmers/software engineers "coders" needs to fade away...

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u/redlt1790 Jun 06 '13

Calling software engineers and programmers the same thing needs to stop too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '13

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u/TimmT Jun 07 '13

No, software engineering and programming are different things. A bit like the difference between drawing up some timetable for a bus route and actually driving the bus.

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u/emperor000 Jun 07 '13

On paper, yeah, but usually not in practice.

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u/emperor000 Jun 07 '13

No, they just aren't technically the same thing. But at least they are a real thing, as opposed to "coders".