Aaiding@feddit.nl to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhen your job title slightly understates your actual rolei.imgur.comimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageWhen your job title slightly understates your actual rolei.imgur.comAaiding@feddit.nl to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squaremaegul (he/they)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWell, “Web Developer” is effectively a compound (like in German, we do the same thing but often just keep the spaces between the words). With a compound, the connection between the words sometimes has to be inferred, usually by inserting an appropriate preposition. Usually, something like “Developer on the Web” would probably be what we understand. In TBL’s case … it’s “Developer OF the Web”.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI think it’s a little more idiomatic (at least where I’m from in the US) to specify this difference as, “a web developer” vs “the web’s developer”
Well, “Web Developer” is effectively a compound (like in German, we do the same thing but often just keep the spaces between the words).
With a compound, the connection between the words sometimes has to be inferred, usually by inserting an appropriate preposition.
Usually, something like “Developer on the Web” would probably be what we understand.
In TBL’s case … it’s “Developer OF the Web”.
I think it’s a little more idiomatic (at least where I’m from in the US) to specify this difference as, “a web developer” vs “the web’s developer”