what the hell is /prog/?

are we career programmers, computer scientists, undergrad comp. sci students, what?
certainly we're all hobbyist programmers.  but how does this fucked up mess come into existence from that base?

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certainly we're all hobbyist programmers.
What? speak for yourself mate.
I work in a big company, i don't code as much as you'd think i would, and i get lots of $$$