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*Seriously?!?* Sticks and stones man...stick and stones

I agree! We're not "resources" dammit! We're way to oversensitive to be "resources"...

Entertaining read... but I don't mind the label, as long as my manager doesn't treat me like that's all I am to the company.

I don't like the analogy with sports and acting, because they perpetuate the myth of the 'superstar programmer', which gets in the way of the professionalization of the profession, which in turn provides a place for the 'bad programmers' to hide.

It sounds like real issue in the article is not the word "resource" but the belief of some bad managers that all developers are interchangeable. This can be addressed by labels like "high productivity resource", "mediocre resource", "barely-able-to-function resource". There, problem solved. I see just as many situations where people are /stuck/ in a position because management believe they won't be easy to replace them (and sometimes management is right). The need to feel special is understandable but I don't see any benefit in blaming a word like "resource" if someone isn't treated that way. Sometimes there's a good reason for that.

Of course we're not a resource, we're a capacity.

What a pity... we have to think on movie or sport stars to see the difference.... what's wrong with being just PEOPLE...