As an overly stereotyped generality, here are the differences I see between "computer scientists" and "programmers".
The programmer is someone writes code on a daily basis but is ignorant about how the compiler actually works. He is very familiar with the tools he uses but doesn't understand how the... (read more)
Thanks for writing this article. It would benefit the software development community to know more about this difference. I have a little more in depth description of the digital divide between programmers and computer scientists on my blog.
As an overly stereotyped generality, here are the differences I see between "computer scientists" and "programmers".
The programmer is someone writes code on a daily basis but is ignorant about how the compiler actually works. He is very familiar with the tools he uses but doesn't understand how the... (read more)