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by mellosouls 2539 days ago
This has also now spread to the world of software development, in the context of large management consultancies selling services to companies that want software without those pesky expensive Devs.

Strangely enough, I have been unable to find their definition for Citizen Management Consultants...

https://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/citizen-developer/

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'Citizen Developer' sounds a bit like a corporate euphemism for a guard job at a gulag for political dissidents.
How do you define an expensive developer though? I mean in academia you have paperwork to prove it, but what are the criteria for distinct here?