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Paid to turn coffee into bugs, then more coffee into fixes.

means A person who writes, tests, and maintains software code — turning specifications and ideas into working programs.

from From 'develop,' which entered English via French 'développer,' itself unwrapping the Old French 'voloper' (to wrap or envelop) with a negating 'des-' prefix — so literally 'to unwrap' or 'unfold.' The sense of 'one who develops' software is a 20th-century extension, following earlier uses for photograph developers (unwrapping an image from film) and land developers (unwrapping buildings from raw ground) — the programmer just unwraps logic from a blank screen instead.

job split
90% googling, 10% claiming they knew it already
best skill
explaining why it worked yesterday
true enemy
their own code from six months ago
motto
it works on my machine
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