- I'm a developer.

- Huh ?

- I build websites types on an air keyboard.

"Developer" is a word that requires some context. A stranger might not know if you worked in construction or on computers.

On a professional context I'll say I'm a software developer. If I want to brag a bit I'll say I'm a software engineer. If I'm with friends I'll say I'm a programmer. If I'm with family or older people I'll dip my toes with "I work with computers" and maybe further explain if prompted.

>and maybe further explain if prompted.

I write manuals for computers.

"So, like, for how to use them?"

No, the computer reads it so it knows what to do.

I just say Software Engineer its what my employer calls me and resolves what I want to call myself.

This is much more entertaining when you have family who are PEs and their eye twitches every time.

Which is funny because there's also backlash against Computer Science that it is not in fact a science, which is why they added math courses to some degrees, at least here in Florida. I think Computer Programming is just probably best described as Computer Programming but I do like saying Software Engineer every time someone asks just because it sounds good enough to me. Until they standardize our title into one single thing, I'll just go by SE.

Funny, where I come from the earliest computer science departments at universities where basically joint ventures of the maths and electric engineering departments. Consequently they were quite maths heavy, and it shows to this day.

Holy shit, are you me? I do the exact same thing. I literally say "I build websites" while typing on an air keyboard.

Sign language (BSL) uses air keyboard for "programmer": https://www.signbsl.com/sign/computer-programmer

Relevant Google Scholar link to what he did during the last 20 years:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=novikov+earthquake&hl=f...

Triggering earthquakes is a thing. This dude has devoted his whole career to it.

http://www.ihed.ras.ru/mg/novikov.htm

I doubt he is responsible for that. Iran is experiencing earthquakes over and over again, nothing really new for them and most likely not the work of some "weather machine".

Think about this: this guy may well have doubts.

Chill out, I'm one of them, I don't care.

I code a lot, work 70h per week and am looking for a job. Contrary to 9-to-5 programmers I have built really complex systems (like a debugger or a sql engine). I can find an optimal solution in 10 minutes for almost any code wars challenge > 4 kyu. Who is hiring ?

> Contrary to 9-to-5 programmers I have built really complex systems

Those programmers have also built really complex systems, including a debugger and a sql engine.

And many of those don't sound like an ass either, hence the downvotes.

Yeah I always sound like an ass this is why I have a lot of problem finding a job. However once I'm hired I really do work 70h a week for 38k€ (per year, yes) but still am treated like a piece of shit (the reason for that is pure discrimantion but I won't dwelve into this). Then I leave, and they ask me to come back, still treating me like a dog.

I wan to kill myself and I want to kill you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axWt4HVT7iY&t=3m57s

Actually I'm considering dropping out of the industry and starting a crime career. I have been in touch with someone who'd be interested in operating drones to deliver haschich from Morocco to Spain.

Oh and I never downvote

The earth is about to flip !

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E31FHHH9is4

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UJKZTjGCss

For those that are interested, I gathered in a gist some functional combinators I have been writing over the years.

As a personal name convention, I use '|' (the piping character) as a suffix to name any function returning a function, which includes function combinators. Thus the naming of these functions becomes straighforward: 'every-pred' becomes 'and|' while 'some-fn' turns into 'or|'.

Example:

    (filter (and| pos? even?) nums)
    (filter (or|  neg? odd?)  nums)

More: https://gist.github.com/TristeFigure/acd689f3c57e840ebb9f8a6...

Thank you for sharing this! Another useful library with "missing" functions is Medley[0] by James Reeves.

[0] https://github.com/weavejester/medley

Vs:

    (filter (and| :admin? :mod?)
            people)

and:

    (filter (or| :admin? :mod?)
            people)

I agree something like that, with a more concise naming strategy, would be ideal.

Indeed this is one of the first steps Paul Graham goes through in On Lisp.

Fuck that attitude. This is why I'm considering switching careers.