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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by wa1987 on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:16PM (#20126739)
I tend to avoid the word "building" in the context of describing what I do. After all, the compiler does the building :-) "I design and develop software" is what I usually say.

Would be nice if there was a word that captures the idea of someone both designing and constructing the internals of a machine.

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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by RussianCow on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:09PM (#20127683)
I try to avoid the word "design" because most people immediately think of graphic design and get the wrong idea of what I do. Even though it's not as technically accurate, I think "building" or "engineering" are better words to use for people not familiar with software development.
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