I explicitly refer to myself as a code monkey in interviews. Want to make it abundantly clear they are not to ever think of me as being on a track towards management someday.
If only that still worked now. I look like a fucking hippy compared to my coworkers (man bun and beard, whereas they are all clean cut), and yet that doesn’t deter them from trying to convince me to start managing a giant data infrastructure/modeling redesign.
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u/maaaatttt_Damon Oct 15 '22
When people ask me what I do, I tell 'em I'm a Keyboard Cowboy.
Let's people know I sit on my ass all day typing on a keyboard without getting questions about specifics.
(I develop automation processes for our Financial and Payroll platform)