Hired gun

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

hired gun

Usage: n.

hired gun: n.

A contract programmer, as opposed to a full-time staff member. All the connotations of this term suggested by innumerable spaghetti Westerns are intentional.

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Sources

Source: hired gun, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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