# Ian Johnson describes feeling confident as a programmer, then agentic coding

> Original title: I remember the moment I felt comfortable calling myself a programmer. it came from the feeling that if I applied myself (and could search...

- Source: Ian Johnson
- Published: 2026-10-29T01:40:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/e0moqoxgv6s20qu9itn3l8e2l
- Original: https://x.com/enjalot/status/2115619628676227159

## Summary

Ian Johnson says he felt comfortable calling himself a programmer once he could solve any business programming problem with effort and search. He says the feeling of agentic coding goes beyond that, calling it "on steroids."

## Post

I remember the moment I felt comfortable calling myself a programmer. it came from the feeling that if I applied myself (and could search Google) I could solve any (business related) programming problem within a reasonable amount of time.

The agentic feeling is that on steroids