I'm in tech and "computer programmer" has always sounded to me like a grandma phrase. Like how all gaming consoles are referred to as "the Nintendo" or "the game station".

[–] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Has there been a programmer for anything other than a computer

[–] small_crow@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

I remember telling my high school guidance counsellor I was planning on becoming a programmer. She looked at me, head tilted like a confused dog and asked what excited me about Event Programming (as in, planning and scheduling large in-person events).

That was the first time someone didn't understand what I did for work, and it was about 5 years before I started doing it.

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