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Re:Why programming is difficult (2014) by amelius on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:01AM (#22317759)
But what to do if you have a CS degree with knowledge of all the things you mentioned and perhaps more, but people keep calling you "programmer"?
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Re:Why programming is difficult (2014) by duggan on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:40AM (#22318038)
As long as I'm paid a software engineering salary to develop software, I could be called a clown for all the difference it makes.

If you're programming, you're a programmer. Or a coder. Or a software developer. Or a software engineer. There is no consensus on the distinction between any of these things. Just lots of people with opinions because it's easy to have an opinion on.

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Re:Why programming is difficult (2014) by notabee on Thursday February 13, 2020 @01:14PM (#22319944)
Titles are both a bikeshed and something that can have significant impact on salary, unfortunately. As long as non-technical recruiters are hiring based on buzzwords, it matters.
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Re:Why programming is difficult (2014) by varjag on Thursday February 13, 2020 @12:26PM (#22319513)
A science degree is not an engineering degree, and one is not practicing science in their hot startup. So, fair enough.
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