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.
Yes, yes, Engineer is protected in a lot of spaces. Even here. That said the university programme I’ve attended was to make me into a “Sotware Engineer” not a “Developer”. This university is a university for engineers. Obviously I don’t have to requalify every year to remain an Engineer, but saying that I am not an Engineer is factually untrue.
I dont care about names but to be offended because it says Software Engineer on my resume is just dumb.
Also we design a lot of crucial systems. (Such as any RTOS, banking systems and so on and so forth)
I’m technically an aerospace engineer, but all I do is code most days. I think it depends highly on what you do, since my job also involves doing things not strictly coding related as well, I always slap the engineer title next to it. If you only code, then it’s more appropriate to say software dev, or programmer. But, again its highly dependent on your role.
And as other people have mentioned, seems like outside the U.S. the term engineer is a protected title, so my take really only applies within the U.S.
I would say tho, a lot of programmers in the U.S. do get called software engineers. Just depends on where you go I guess.
I don’t think what you study in your degree is the defining factor. Obviously this is country-specific but I feel you job title isn’t always linked 1:1 to your title.
I studied Industrial Engineering, which in Spain exists as a degree but not as a job position. Position wise, I’ve been a mechanical design engineer, a manufacturing engineer, an automation engineer, robotics engineer, and these days I’m mostly a software engineer. I’m definitely specialised in engineering, regardless of the tools I’m applying to solve the task at hand.
My job title has changed 5x more than my actual job. I honestly don’t even know what my current title is.
I wonder how many man-hours (and at what average salary) has been spent deciding on title changes that have literally zero impact at my company. I’m sure every change involves meetings full of highly-paid executives.
“I (want to keep my job and therefore I) AGREE WITH YOU 100%”
They collect the big bucks, the rest of us can suck dirt - barely not able to afford a home, food, medical care, etc. Oh wait, sorry, I meant “YES SIR/MAM!”
It’s funny when I’m looking for work and people try to help me find jobs. I’ve been sent jobs for “coder” which turned out to be “medical code entry into EPIC” and architect because they saw another job with “software architect”.
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