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		talles on July 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do call yourself a programmer, and other career ad... Haha I laughed to this. Specially because I'm brazilian. And yes, it is the same word, 'program' is a slang for prostitute work. We programmers here joke a lot about this :)

jerrya on July 12, 2013 [–]

It goes both ways. In the US many "consultants" / "independent consultants" refer to themselves as "whores" especially when applying their talents (for money of course) to companies or projects they disrespect.

walshemj on July 12, 2013 | [–]

And a lot of contractors in the UK refer to agents as "pimps"

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