On: Don't be a Coder, Engineer, or Developer ...

[martythemaniak]

Unfortunately, calling yourself a "Software Artisan", "Computer Artiste" or anything like that WILL make you sound like a pretentious douchebag.

Give your ego the middle-finger and just call yourself a software developer. It'll make everyone's lives easier.

[pavel_lishin → martythemaniak]

You're absolutely right, and he's updated his blog to briefly address this.

[mattdennewitz → martythemaniak]

one of the guys i used to work with titled himself 'interactive janitor'. i've always liked that.