Programming Computers (from February 2006)

I’m a software engineer. I don’t “program computers” with Word, Excel, or any other app that some of you use and think that you are programming a computer. I build the applications and services you use every day to get your work done. Please get this clear. Using a computer in any capacity does not make you a computer programmer. The misconception that using a particular computer program makes you a computer programmer is on that I have heard so often that I never voluntarily tell anyone what I do.