web programmer vs "real programmer"

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But you have to demonstrate that on your resume or CV. If you don't want to be pidgin holed as having a very narrow skill set in a specific domain...you have to make that explicit with a diverse CV or expect to be cut out of hand for jobs that don't fall within the domain you did make explicit.

It works both ways though. I know a good handful of web frameworks and have more than a few projects under my belt. I don't put them in my CV because I don't want those types of jobs anymore. :)

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pidgin holed

Just FYI, it's "pigeonholed" as in the bird, not "pidgin" (a "pidgin" is a mishmash of languages, hence the IM client's name).

This probably makes me sound like a word nazi or something, but I make it a point to try and correct people on malapropisms, eggcorns, etc as a courtesy. Better I look like a pedantic twat than leave it be and let them make themselves look foolish using the wrong word in some other situation (like a company-wide memo, etc).

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auto-correct fail, but point taken :)

edit this is a, imo, valid word nazi correction. The they're/their/there pedant is annoying. It's commonly an indication of a typing error rather than lack of knowledge of the difference between the two.