Programmer, developer, engineer? What do you call yourself and why?

Re:Programmer, developer, engineer? What do you call yoursel... by gregjor on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:35AM (#25263223)

I’ve found that no one cares except some other programmers, developers, engineers, whatever. I describe my work as computer programming when asked, rather than equate myself with a title. The companies that pay me don’t care, the subject only comes up on HN.

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Re:Programmer, developer, engineer? What do you call yoursel... by pbourke on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:38AM (#25263231)

In Canada you can’t (or you couldn’t - not sure if it’s changed in the last decade) call yourself an engineer unless you’re a Professional Engineer.

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Re:Programmer, developer, engineer? What do you call yoursel... by smnrchrds on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:58AM (#25263333)

It's more like shouldn't than can't. Legally, you are not supposed to. However, many people do and enforcement is not as strict as you might expect

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