Like I get that you want to not pre-specialize yourself as 'XYZ developer and that's it', but can you find a better way to say that?
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Like? I quite like “maker of things”. It seems the opposite of pretentious.
Man… I must be in the mood to argue today :p
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Nope. It's 100% Humblebrag at its very best.
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Ditto, yo. I’m “I Make Things.” I don’t see the humblebragginess and would appreciate elucidation!
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: This is the inverse to the person that has built nothing and whose bio has to mention each nothing?
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Hm. I guess I solve abstract problems in a number of different ways, so I have to speak abstractly about it.
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TBH I chose mine purely because I hate job titles and how they lock you into certain categories.
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Ditto. I see software engineering as a means to an end—just one of my tools for doing the *actual* thing.
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That’s a pretty important point, I think people are on a spectrum of agreement on that.
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It's a good thing Boeing picks the right 'makers' for their aircraft. :)