Spoiler Or as those darn scientists insist on calling it, ABSTRACT: A programmer isn’t someone who can write code, a programmer is someone who can think.
When most people speak of, are told of, or think about, a “programmer” as an abstract being, they either picture one of two things: Either someone in their favorite all black gear, sunglasses, and a lime green-on-black terminal window open with lines flying by (see also: hacker), if they’ve watched too many movies, or someone sitting at their computer with a text editor / IDE / pick your favorite app, typing code into.
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