I’ve always been curious as to what “normal” people think programming is like. The wildest theory I’ve heard is “typing ones and zeroes” (I’m a software engineer)

  • sansrealname@lemmy.ml
    91·
    11 months ago

    I’m not in IT and I’m a programmer / software engineer. I don’t get why people always equate the two.

    • FerbFletcher@lemmy.ml
      61·
      11 months ago

      IT has different meaning in different contexts. I’m a programmer, so at work IT usually means tech support. But i’ve seen some job places, including my company’s corporate site, include programming as part of IT. Kind of makes sense, because I’m using technology to process information