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[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Call me magic man

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago
[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

A, A, A, A

(Hand clapping)

A, A, A, A

(Hand clapping intensifies)

A, A, A, A, A, A

(Techno beat drops)

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[–] SrTobi@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

I think "prompt engineer" is the best job title on multiple levels

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 2 years ago

A load of the devs at my original dotnet shop are still there, but are now called stuff like “Vice President Regional Director Lord Protector Master Technical Architect”. I suspect they’re all still writing VB.

[–] wathek@discuss.online 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You may call me Computer God. Or God for short if i deem it acceptable.

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[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ummm, keyboard jockey??? Code monkey??? can we get some respect here?

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

I have rotated between countless titles over several decades. What I do hasn't really changed. Currently I'm not even aware what my official title is and when someone asks I usually say something along the lines of I make IT go but in my native language.

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Button pusher

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know a guy who just says he stacks shelves at Tesco as he cannot be bothred to explain 😂

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (13 children)

If they have a degree in engineering, then they are an engineer.

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[–] waz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I usually say "I'm a computer toucher" or "computer programmer" if I don't want to talk about what I do. If I want to flex some nerd cred, and/or boast a little, I'll usually say "I work with machine automation" or "robotics". It tends to get a more curious response and I can talk about some of the weird stuff I've helped make.

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[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 9 points 2 years ago

I would prefer that I was not referred to at all. Especially if you are a PM.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I like Computer Programmer. No mistaking it. Developers are people who organise houses to be built. Engineers work on trains. Coders encrypt data. No matter what nonsense word salad it says on my email signature, when I'm at a barbecue I say I'm a computer programmer.

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[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] clif@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like to call myself a codemonkey

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago

I have always considered myself an engineer because I’m part of a multidisciplinary engineering organization designing a physical product that has embedded software. And “engineer” is the word at the end of my degrees, I guess.

But if somebody called me by any of those terms in the OP I would answer. And if somebody who works on an app or a video game calls themselves an engineer, it wouldn’t raise an eyebrow.

My only conclusion is that we here, who spend our days specifying exactly what we want computers to do, are not so great specifying ourselves exactly.

[–] ed_cock@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hear the voice of the machine spirit!

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I only want to be called darling. Or a filthy worm, depending on the situation

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[–] YaBoyMax@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Idc, just please don't call me a coder, it makes me sound like I'm a script kiddy.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

i can tell a programmer didn't write those questions because "code ninja" isn't one of the options

[–] fidodo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Remember when they tried to make ninja, Rockstar, and guru a thing?

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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them that I furiously bang on a keyboard until the computer does what I want.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

It’s funny when I’m looking for work and people try to help me find jobs. I’ve been sent jobs for “coder” which turned out to be “medical code entry into EPIC” and architect because they saw another job with “software architect”.

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

The Intergalactic Ninja Sultan of Revenue Development

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