Hmm depends, were quite good as Head of Software Development for the United Kingdom?
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victorz@lemmy.world 2 months agoThat’s… it? You can get knighted for being “fairly good” at your job for half a decade, and then quitting?
Heck, I’m “fairly good” as a software developer. I’m pretty darn good actually, and have been working for more than half a decade, and I don’t intend to quit. Where do I queue for one of them knightings? 😅🗡️
christophski@feddit.uk 2 months ago
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No. 😞 But maybe I could be, if all it takes is to be fairly good? 🥹
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
And how many millions of people are fairly good at being a software developer?
I think “fairly good” was an understatement on my part… Tim Berners-Lee got a knighthood for being “fairly good” as a software developer, as he invented the worldwide web. Kier Starmer got a knighthood for being “fairly good” as a public procecutor for handling a number of cases of national importance extremely well. What have you done that has significantly changed the country for the better?
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sorry if it isn’t obvious – I’m facetiously joking in all of these comments. 😇 Just playing on the “fairly good” phrasing and memeing on it. 😉
T156@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes. Knighthood is generally up to the whims or the monarch. Although to make it there, it’s generally expected you have an achievement befitting one.
But from what I recall, there’s little stopping his majesty from conferring a knighthood on Chief Mouser Larry for his research into the napping suitability of 10 Downing Street’s furniture if he wanted to do that.