Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

code grinder
     
         A {suit}-wearing minion of the sort hired in
        legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the {Real
        World} to implement payroll packages in {RPG} and other such
        unspeakable horrors.  In its native habitat, the code grinder
        often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage
        consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie.
        In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled
        up and the tie loosened about half an inch.  It seldom helps.
        The {code grinder}'s milieu is about as far from hackerdom as
        one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes
        pity.
     
        Used of or to a {hacker}, this term is a really serious slur
        on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style
        characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, {brute
        force} and utter lack of imagination.
     
        Compare {card walloper}.  Contrast {real programmer}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-11)