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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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[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

Deputy assistant senior vice president software engineering manager

[-] icedcoffee@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

If you call a dev a programmer and they don’t get huffy they are hands down one of the raddest people you’ll ever meet.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

Is "Sir" too much to ask for?

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Tech Priest Litanizer

[-] Forester@yiffit.net 4 points 8 months ago

Sorcerer of servers

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

At work they just call me: "Put those pens back and get outta here; you were fired weeks ago!"

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Code whispers

[-] force@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

software engineer (engineer for short), software developer (dev/developer for short), software designer (although that last one sounds weird). the job is a lot more than programming, depending on your position it can be mostly communication or mostly engineering or mostly something else entirely. maybe even mostly sitting on your ass all day!

[-] greenskye@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

I hate that they took away my analyst title. I'm not a software engineer dammit. I don't even have an IDE installed and haven't done any programming in 10+ years.

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[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I guess we're going with B

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

As someone who is in tech… not sure, either.

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

Even in the trade myself for 30 years, I have nfc. Probably not Engineer (by itself) though.

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

Bit Banger

or A,B,C,G

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[-] 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.