Aren't some programming celebrities more like rock stars than they are like an average programmer?
They (can) demand high pay.
They tour events and people come to see them.
They get press coverage.
People are excite to download their latest code.
They do creative work and are opinionated about it.
That's not to say that all programmers should try to. E rock stars or that you should put that in a job listing, but there are people in the tech community that have a life more like that of a rock star than that of your average employed programmer.
They (can) demand high pay. They tour events and people come to see them. They get press coverage. People are excite to download their latest code. They do creative work and are opinionated about it.
That's not to say that all programmers should try to. E rock stars or that you should put that in a job listing, but there are people in the tech community that have a life more like that of a rock star than that of your average employed programmer.