principle programmer

[laitang2000]

Hi can any one give me a definition on what exactly a Principle Programmer is?

[SeanK]

It is where the student programmers get sent when they have been bad.

[laitang2000]

[gtilles]

–noun 1. an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
2. a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived: the principles of modern physics.
3. a fundamental doctrine or tenet; a distinctive ruling opinion: the principles of the Stoics.
4. principles, a personal or specific basis of conduct or management: to adhere to one's principles; a kindergarten run on modern principles.
5. guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct: a person of principle.
6. an adopted rule or method for application in action: a working principle for general use.
7. a rule or law exemplified in natural phenomena, the construction or operation of a machine, the working of a system, or the like: the principle of capillary attraction.
8. the method of formation, operation, or procedure exhibited in a given case: a community organized on the patriarchal principle. 9. a determining characteristic of something; essential quality.
10. an originating or actuating agency or force: growth is the principle of life.
11. an actuating agency in the mind or character, as an instinct, faculty, or natural tendency: the principles of human behavior.
12. Chemistry. a constituent of a substance, esp. one giving to it some distinctive quality or effect.
13. Obsolete. beginning or commencement.
—Idioms14. in principle, in essence or substance; fundamentally: to accept a plan in principle.
15. on principle, a. according to personal rules for right conduct; as a matter of moral principle: He refused on principle to agree to the terms of the treaty.
b. according to a fixed rule, method, or practice: He drank hot milk every night on principle.

simply put...the head cheese!

not to be confused with the headcheese!

[wossname]

Without any kind of context this is difficult. If its from a job advert then it probably means "Head Programmer" or "Team Leader" or something similar.

[timeshifter]

As long as Headcheese<>cheesehead...

I hate the Packers...

[mendhak]

The one whom everyone go when they have a programming problem they can't figure out.

[laitang2000]

thanks for the replies chaps

[timeshifter]

The one whom everyone go when they have a programming problem they can't figure out.

RobDog?

[mendhak]

RobDog?

The next RoboDog.