[hmigneron]

The title makes it sound as if the author is in complete disagreement with Patrick's essay (and perhaps he feels that he is) but it's not how I see it.

Both articles are about the way you present yourself, not really about the "programmer" label. Sure, your label is part of what do for a living, but the important point brought up by both articles is that you have to recognize what your value is in the workplace and use that as your selling point in order to achieve job satisfaction and/or recognition (that's the way I understood them anyway).