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by asciimo 3143 days ago
> Those who do not become computer scientists to the second degree risk turning into programmers who will only implement the ideas of others.

The horror! Maybe this was truly a terrible fate in 1997.

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There's probably a few poor souls at Google pulling $150k+ that are doomed to this...
Engineers will always work for someone with social/people skills or someone who can sell. At least for the next century I guess.