• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 year ago

    I’m in tech and “computer programmer” has always sounded to me like a grandma phrase. Like how all gaming consoles are referred to as “the Nintendo” or “the game station”.

  • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’m a Senior Computer Software Developer Programming Engineer, or SCSDPE (which is pronounced Skuzz-Deep), and I will be irreparably miffed if you get it wrong.

    For your convenience, I also accept “that guy that sits weirdly close to the water fountain”, “hey”, and “paid keyboard user”.

  • sunbytes@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 year ago
    • Viewport engineer.
    • Browser-space technician.
    • Microsoft painter-decorator.
    • Inferior decorator.
    • He-who-responds (on the bugs channel).
    • Scope denier.
    • Manager disappointer.
  • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    This is my opinion that is basically a compilation of the coworkers I’ve talked to about the subject.

    Depends on the role. Passed senior level most prefer to be called engineers. Those are the people designing the whole system. Software developers are usually more mid level and figure out the specifics of how to design smaller sections of the system. They cut a lot of the detailed tickets and write a lot of infrastructure code.

    Programmer is usually the juniors who never design much and just take tickets and turn them into code.

    When I say senior, mid level, and junior, I’m referring more to the role that you’re fulfilling that day, and not the overall skill level. Engineers will often step in as programmers for more complicated code.

    We usually accept any of the terms though because it’s very rare for someone to not jump between the various tasks depending on what the active project is. And at some companies they only hire seniors and they perform all roles.

    TL;DR: Every software engineer is a developer and programmer, but not every developer is an engineer, and not every programmer is a developer or engineer.

    • expr@programming.dev
      3·
      1 year ago

      In my experience all terms are used pretty interchangeably (well, rarely programmer or coder, I guess), though I prefer software engineer.

      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I also prefer engineer but that’s mostly just due to the complexity of my current role vs my old one.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Whats it called when you know how to code, but you’re shit at it, but you’re still in charge of several much more experienced developers?

  • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    I got told the difference between a software developer and an engineer is that an engineer factors in a products lifecycle and scalability and communicates this to their team and client

  • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    I like Computer Programmer. No mistaking it. Developers are people who organise houses to be built. Engineers work on trains. Coders encrypt data. No matter what nonsense word salad it says on my email signature, when I’m at a barbecue I say I’m a computer programmer.

  • Deestan@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    At some jobs, I can get away with “Señor Developer” or “Computer Toucher”. Those are the nice ones.

    Otherwise it tends to be “Senior Software Engineer” that carries the least constricting baggage.

    I SWEAR big company middle managers hear “developer” and they can only ever see you as an infant who without guidance would just keep coding some absolute random shit and not think about product, market, customers, integration, or prioritize their own work.

  • force@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    software engineer (engineer for short), software developer (dev/developer for short), software designer (although that last one sounds weird). the job is a lot more than programming, depending on your position it can be mostly communication or mostly engineering or mostly something else entirely. maybe even mostly sitting on your ass all day!