What can Programmers... Do?

Jeff Atwood at codinghorror.com writes Programmers can't.. Program? 

In comment Jeff says

Any programmer who cares enough to read programming blogs is already far beyond such a simple problem. It's the ones we can't rerach-- the programmers who don't read anything-- that we have to give the FizzBuzz test to.

winch brings to mind.

Phillip Haack at Haacked.com response Why Can't Programmers.. Read?

Trouble is there are many Specs that are not well constructed just as there are many Developers that need a little better reading comprehension. Why this idea that blog authors and readers are some how better then others in this industry?  Where is your proof?  There are quite a few wanabes that hang around the proverbial water cooler trying to blend in because they want it.  This is the reason you see Programmers that cannot program.  Look around programing forms or myspace.  Jeff also  observed.

it's amusing to me that any reference to a programming problem-- in this case, FizzBuzz-- immediately prompts developers to feverishly begin posting solutions.

Why do "pProgrammers" feel the need to prove themselves?  Is it because any one that uses a formula in Excel can self proclame themselves a "Programer"? 

At any rate what we are left with are a group of "Programers" that can't read, can't write but are desperate to prove otherwise to the world, typicaly in the most public forum they can find!

Did I miss something when did it become popular to be a Programer?  Were's the glamor?

posted by Aaron Fischer on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:46:32 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) Comments [2]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:38:55 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I do not mean you any disrespect, as perhaps this was an intentional attempt at irony, but you might want to do a bit of grammar and spell checking in a blog posting that speaks to the lack of basic English skills amongst the rank and file of the computer developers.

"Did I miss something when did it become popular to be a Programer? Were's the glamor?"

might look like

"Did I miss something (complete sentence, insert punctuation)? When did it become popular to become a programmer (programmer is a noun which would hardly be classified as a proper-noun, thereby making capitalization unnecessary)? Where's (denotes location, as opposed to the verb 'were') the glamor?"
gemils | winomonkeyAT NOSPAMhotmail dot com
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:38:32 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
I apologize. I should have read this entry one more time before the post. Gegils I meant write as in write code. I was not implying a lack of written communication skills.
Aaron | aaronAT NOSPAMmicrofisch dot com
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