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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] xoggy@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

And Computer Engineering is none of these.

[-] Cover_czar@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Software Author/ Author

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bit Banger

or A,B,C,G

[-] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Source Slapper

[-] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

My dad had the rare chance to name his position whatever he wanted, but the higher ups still rejected his choice of Grand Poobah.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'd prefer senior developer but HR calls me a senior engineer.

I personally believe if you are writing novel IP software you are engineering, if you are just connecting cloud tools or writing basic ETL stuff, that's developing.

I'm probably 40/60 eng/dev. And 200% meetings.

[-] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

H. Daddy

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Mr Tibbs

[-] 00x0xx@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Coder isn't a professional title. Software engineer and engineer are very broad of a term, because they can cover alot of work that's not directly coding software. Not all programmers write software code, some just 'program' software that's already written.

So i think developer is the best term for someone that 'develops' and write software code for a living. Or even software developer, those terms are interchangable.