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On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > A coder is someone who writes code, naturally. :) "code" is something > intended to be interpreted or executed by a computer or a computer program. > > I think everyone agrees that anyone is welcome at code4lib. > I agree with this *now that I am here*, but I did not know that it would be the case in advance. When people ask me to self-identify as a coder I get totally deer-in-headlights and tend to not raise my hand unless told to do so point-blank. "What is a coder" is a great question but for the purposes of diversity outreach "who self-identifies as a coder" (or technologist) is more relevant, and I think that's a question where you're going to find systematic demographic differences in the skillset required before people are willing to say "me". Andromeda