Lowly programmer

I work for a small software company with approximately fifty employees. My
boss was the company's third employee. At a meeting with a potential client,
our team introduced ourselves one by one. When it was my boss' turn, he
said, "I've been with the company for it's entire 10 year history. I started
as a 'lowly programmer' and now I am a senior manager."

When it was my turn, I rose and said, "I'm new with the company. I'm still a
lowly programmer."