On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:30:50 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>The nomenclature varies depending on employer and year. If your looking to 
>hire, describe the position and requirements and call it whatever fits 
>corporate culture.
> 
For decades I was "Software Engineer".  Pursuant to a corporate acquisition it
transpired that I lacked engineering credentials, a formal requirement in some
states, and I became "Software Developer".  I had never dissembled.  My
responsibilities and compensation were unchanged except that my seniority
was truncated in order not to exceed the age of the acquiring company.

>When I started, A systems programmer was a programmer, not a systems 
>administrator. These days a position with that title might be primarily 
>programming or may require what I call a systems janitor; someone who's 
>skilled with, e.g., RACF, SMP/E, VMSES, but does little or no programming.
>
>________________________________________
>From: Skip Robinson 
>Sent: Monday, October 11, 2021 5:56 PM
>
>I'm currently in a 'discussion' with a manager type who wants to hire a
>'Systems Engineer'. I have not been able to discern the difference. What
>can a Systems Engineer do that a Systems Programmer cannot?
>
>On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 2:23 PM Jerry Whitteridge wrote:
>
>> I keep working to have my Business Cards use "Speaker to Machines" as my
>> job title
>>
A kzin title?  Briefly, mine said "Program Doctor".

-- gil

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