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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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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Mr Tibbs

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

I usually go by "fuck you". Like someone yells out of their cube "who's goddamn code is this?!?! Ah, fuck you"

Also codemancer

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

Chief bit twiddler

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Serious question, not a native speaker: Why do people in the Anglosphere refer to mostly-software companies as tech companies, or to software developers as tech workers?

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

"...daughter dearest."

"Wow, this guy programs."

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

I am an engineer. Most developers aren't though, unfortunately.

[-] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 2 points 8 months ago

If you call them engineers I'm going to engineer your femur into two pieces.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Digital archæologist. Bitshifter.

[-] 00x0xx@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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.