As a lifelong nerd, programming gets a bad rap, and no respect, for the right reasons.
Programming is to engineering as math is to science. Namely, it's made up. Less basis in physical reality.
Same reason learning Elvish isn't as respectable as learning Spanish. One guy made it up, and it hasn't been proven by centuries of actual use.
Programming carries the same odor of "fantasy". Maybe in 300 years, when we're all living in holodecks on spaceships, it'll have a patina of authenticity. For now, we're Mr Robot and Silicon Valley
Programming is to engineering as math is to science. Namely, it's made up. Less basis in physical reality.
Same reason learning Elvish isn't as respectable as learning Spanish. One guy made it up, and it hasn't been proven by centuries of actual use.
Programming carries the same odor of "fantasy". Maybe in 300 years, when we're all living in holodecks on spaceships, it'll have a patina of authenticity. For now, we're Mr Robot and Silicon Valley