https://procionegobbo.it/en/tags/community/Recent content in Community on Federico MaioriniHugoen-usWed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://procionegobbo.it/en/blog/the-real-programmer/Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://procionegobbo.it/en/blog/the-real-programmer/<p><em>(This post is also available in Italian, change the language in the top-right corner to read it / Questo post è disponibile anche in Italiano, cambia la lingua in alto a destra per leggerlo)</em></p> <p>What is a real programmer? I&rsquo;ve been doing this job for thirty years and I thought I knew. But then at Codemotion Roma I heard this: &ldquo;<em>Those who use frameworks are not real programmers</em>&rdquo;. Maybe it was just a provocative joke. Maybe. Or maybe our profession, like many others, suffers from a form of elitism where one&rsquo;s own way of doing programming is the only worthy one.</p>