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0 pointsdanford12y ago0 comments

If you join my team and tell me you're a programmer but when you sit down with a terminal you have no idea what to do, then you're off my team and I don't respect you as a programmer.

Sorry if this offends you, but how can you consider your self a programmer when you don't know how to use a terminal?

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crimsonalucard12y ago· 2 in thread

So Windows programmers, according to you aren't programmers?

danfordOP12y ago

Do windows programmers not know how to use a terminal?

yulaow12y ago

For the most part they don't even need to know how to use a terminal, even to manage a server.

WorldWideWayne12y ago· 2 in thread

Why would I sit down with a terminal when I don't need a terminal to do the type of programming that I do?

Furthermore, anyone who knows how to type and read knows how to use a terminal - it's really not that special of a skill mate :)

danfordOP12y ago

What programming do you do? css?

WorldWideWayne12y ago

I do C# in Visual Studio all day long. Rarely (if ever) need to touch the terminal. Hundreds of thousands of people use my apps. But nope - I guess I'm not a real programmer because "I don't prefer the terminal". Give us a break mate. Nobody agrees with you.

JoelHobson12y ago

I'd consider someone a programmer if they can program. Whatever their preferred workflow is, is completely irrelevant if they can deliver.

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