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 8 months ago (4 children)

Has there been a programmer for anything other than a computer

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

angry domino logic programmer noises

[–] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you program domino logic on a electric board or on a computer?

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

https://youtu.be/OpLU__bhu2w?si=ZXToQKl8SbhZni5O

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

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

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago

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

[–] small_crow@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 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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