I refer to myself as a developer and get slightly annoyed when someone refers to me as a programmer. I started professionally writing code in 1990, and at that time, a 'programmer' was just a guy you handed designs to for him to implement, with little or no thought of his own needed (or desired). I first heard the derisive term 'code monkey' used of programmers many, many years ago, before JoCo made it cool. :-) Developers, on the other hand, did far more than that, including design work, and thus my preference for 'developer.' I agree with the other person in the thread who said that today it's not quite so cut and dried as it once was, and is mostly a preference thing now.
Joey On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Kfir Shay <[email protected]> wrote: > hope you understand there is no right or wrong answer, personally I > think about myself as an Engineer, tell them your title is Software > Eng. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Brian Leathem <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What's the difference between a programmer and a developer? Do they > > have different responsibilities? Does one require more creativity? > > Is one more prestigious? Or are they synonymous...? > > > > In short, what should I tell HR my job title should be. > > > > Brian > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- Blog: http://joeygibson.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/joeygibson FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/joeygibson Facebook: http://facebook.com/joeygibson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
