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		diminoten on July 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do call yourself a programmer, and other career ad... I promise you, outsiders have no concept of what a programmer does beyond, "Works magic with a computer." "Software developer" and "programmer" are equivalent to the layman. The negative association with the word "programmer" is an industry-specific thing.

ExpiredLink on July 13, 2013 [–]

Zed Shaw on corporate programmers (not mainly on titled ACLs): http://vimeo.com/2723800

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