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And I was going to make him suffer for that one for a while... 
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I decided to go for it because I have a one I like for tomorrow.
This space for rent
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Really?
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It's on the edge of non-KSS (depending on how prudish you are; some here are extremely straight laced) and very easy to see through...
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Nah, twenty or even ten years ago, maybe.
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I continually have to check the details of syntax and stuff when programming. Things like print format specifiers, the syntax of things I havent used for a year or so, and use a calculator to work out bit masks and check my bit wise logic. I can never get it right in my head.
I dont remember details. I dont pride myself on that. I spend my time and energy on the big picture. Designing and understanding complex mechanisms. The architecture. The guts of the machine.
So I think of myself as a software engineer, not a programmer.
How about you lot?
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Definitely programmer, and I still need to check things a lot.
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A software programming engineer...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Wizard.
Edit: How about Witch King of (company or place)?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
modified 9-Nov-17 5:38am.
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Same with me. There's so much crap to keep track of nowadays I think it's better to understand principles and Google the detail specific stuff as needed. Because as sure as the sun rises in the east, there will be some new fancy buzzword come along every other day that we're expected to magically know just because it's the next shiny red button to come along.
Jeremy Falcon
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It not just fancy new stuff with me, it is stuff I have been doing for 20 years I forget the details of. I had to look up how to write a function pointer and pass it in an argument the other day! 
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Chances are you're just getting old then brother. 
Jeremy Falcon
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 Could be.
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Happens to all of us. I'm in my fifties now, and Google, stack overflow, and text books are open constantly as I work. Still got all me own teeth, tho'.
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Sounds like me, though I am down a tooth. One thing you left off your list of resources was codeproject. I guess it is a given though because we are all here, aren't we?
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Good Point! Oversight on my part. I think that I take Code Project for granted, it's just there.
I would be at a loss without my regular email shots from CP. It's not only helped with codeine etc., but I've got some blummin' good applications for free.
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Glad I am not the only one!
He funny thing is though, despite this, we produce great products. Focus. Maturity. Keep it simple. All the attributes of experience I think.
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I'm 68, down several teeth (my dad never left me anything but his crappy brittle teeth), and teaching myself C# as I convert my VB6 code to it. It does not get any better.
Getting old is hell, but it does beat the alternative...
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I thought I was the only one here that fits this description... glad for the company!
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There's a lot of us out here.
the not so silent majority...
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At 75 I thought that I was the oldest coder in the World. I tell my clients "I can still do it.. if I just didn't look so old."
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At 75, you probably are the oldest. I'm only 68.
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I'm the Chief Bit-Byte-Blob Combobulator in my company (of one
Technically, a "Software Engineer" might not do any actual "Programming" - maybe just designing/architecting. So I don't think it's always an equivalency. $0.02
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