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Philip Greenspun: Redefining Professionalism for Software Engineers

In an interesting manner Philip Greenspun by examples explains what it really means to be a professional programmer.

"A MIT computer science senior with whom we were working objected >>You can't say 'rich and poor' when you mean to say 'rich and poor'!<< Why not? >>It is unprofessional.<< Curious to know what his definition of software engineering professionalism was after four years of MIT education, we probed a bit deeper and established that the way that he thought about professionalism did not differ from the thinking of a Mary Kay cosmetics saleswoman: wear nice clothes, drive a clean car, and don't say anything that might offend anyone. "

Redefining Professionalism for Software Engineers

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