If I'm feeling snarky, I'd just call them a developer and suggest that instead we need to come up with a term for those that only focus on a narrow subset of the dev process. :P
On a more serious track, I've always liked the term "garage developer" as it's similar in concept to the many small business that people have run out of their garages where they are responsible for every part of the operation.
For a bit more pretentiousness, "renaissance developer" has a nice ring to it and parallels "renaissance man" nicely in meaning, ie "a person with many talents or areas of knowledge".
I love renaissance developer. It sounds classy except that I won’t be able to spell it correctly. Haha. Yes, a garage dev is a word I’d normally use but it doesn’t sound good in the business world. I just needed a fancier word.
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If I'm feeling snarky, I'd just call them a developer and suggest that instead we need to come up with a term for those that only focus on a narrow subset of the dev process. :P
On a more serious track, I've always liked the term "garage developer" as it's similar in concept to the many small business that people have run out of their garages where they are responsible for every part of the operation.
For a bit more pretentiousness, "renaissance developer" has a nice ring to it and parallels "renaissance man" nicely in meaning, ie "a person with many talents or areas of knowledge".
I love renaissance developer. It sounds classy except that I won’t be able to spell it correctly. Haha. Yes, a garage dev is a word I’d normally use but it doesn’t sound good in the business world. I just needed a fancier word.