Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who programs, especially.
 - noun Computers One who writes computer programs.
 - noun One who prepares or writes instructional programs.
 
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes up a program: as, the official programmer of the Jockey Club.
 
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun   One who writes 
computer programs ; asoftware developer . - noun One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station.
 - noun A device that installs a software program into some other machine.
 - noun   A short film feature as part of a longer film program, a "
B-movie " (now rare) 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
 
Etymologies
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Examples
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But I could not legally have an account to a programmer is If did not have a real address in the country the programmer is allowed to sell to.
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Also, where does this BS about being a programmer is "easy" come from?
India and the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But with a wife and two small kids, I must work for a living and so I will have to be a visitor until I can land a remote telecommuter gig (which as a programmer is feasible, but getting an employer who is willing is not so easy).
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
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But with a wife and two small kids, I must work for a living and so I will have to be a visitor until I can land a remote telecommuter gig (which as a programmer is feasible, but getting an employer who is willing is not so easy).
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
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But with a wife and two small kids, I must work for a living and so I will have to be a visitor until I can land a remote telecommuter gig (which as a programmer is feasible, but getting an employer who is willing is not so easy).
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
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Also, where does this BS about being a programmer is "easy" come from?
India and the U.S., Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But with a wife and two small kids, I must work for a living and so I will have to be a visitor until I can land a remote telecommuter gig (which as a programmer is feasible, but getting an employer who is willing is not so easy).
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
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But with a wife and two small kids, I must work for a living and so I will have to be a visitor until I can land a remote telecommuter gig (which as a programmer is feasible, but getting an employer who is willing is not so easy).
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
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To begin with, I doubt that the $150K/yr computer programmer is the correct baseline for comparison.
Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But with a wife and two small kids, I must work for a living and so I will have to be a visitor until I can land a remote telecommuter gig (which as a programmer is feasible, but getting an employer who is willing is not so easy).
How long has MexConnect been around . . . what is the history of Mexconnect? Who started Mexconnect? 2009
 
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