It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest.

Old, but fun read that argues that today’s programmers are not like typical Engineers and shouldn’t really call themselves that as Engineering requires certification, is subject to government regulation, bear a burden to the public, etc.

  • jonathanEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s literally common practice to refer to the person who wrote some code as the author of it.