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 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Has there been a programmer for anything other than a computer

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. And, by the way, "computer" was once the name of a profession, carried out by people.

[–] small_crow@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years 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.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Television programming? It’s a stretch, one might say a broad-casting of the term.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Codebender

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But everything changed when the file nation attacked