Re: I am (not) a ...

[davido]

Add to the "I am a..." list, "scientist." There is a science to what goes on in so many areas of expertise in this world.

I'm a buyer, and yet I can say all of the same things:

I am not a ....

• Professional shopper.
• Money spender.

I am a ...

• Problem solver.
• Artist.
• Thinker.
• Philosopher
• Analyist.
• Scientist.

It's just a matter of what we apply our science to. Programming, trend analysis and buying, physics, economics, or even vacationing. ;)

[Anonymous Monk]

"Art vs Science - I issue a restraining order, Science is to stay 100 yards from Art at all times"
Actually it was 'Religion' in my Simpsons misqote.
IMO there is no one midset that suits hacking. The mental attitudes are as wide and deep as the discipline itself. One moment you need to be an Artist, the next you need your 'Codemonkey Engineering' head on, and after spending a while as a Linguist, a Mathematician, or whatever else your specialisms bring to the mix you have to be a able to become an Ignoramus, a Consumer and Yahoo to utterly beat and stress test your application. That's a lot of brainwork for one day.

[Anonymous Monk]

Who was the Turing award winner who said, if it's got to be called a science ... it isn't (referring to computer science)? ;)

[tilly]

I know that Larry Wall used that line in one of his talks. I'd always thought that the line was original to him. He could well have been borrowed from someone else, though.