[Hunble]

Alamo Girl will never understand why she has earned my respect.

The difference between a programmer and a software engineer, is how you think.

She has earned my respect. Not for her software (although that was outstanding) but how she used her knowledge of software to change things.

[grey_whiskers]

Programmer == "bang on the task with this code or feature to get it done"

Engineer == "break the problem itself to smaller parts and decide the best approach and the best tool, *then* code it up"

Full Disclosure:

QA == "why don't you people ever finish before the deadline? Now *I've* got to stay up all night and still not finish testing it."

Manager == "That's *it* ? This doesn't look too hard. In fact, this could have been done in half the time by the offshore resources."

(Bangs head).

Cheers!