The problem with 'Software Engineer," with me anyway, is the that the title just reeks of pretension. There is an actual field called software engineering and i

The problem with 'Software Engineer," with me anyway, is the that the title just reeks of pretension. There is an actual field called software engineering and it refers to an actual development style and methodology and is not synonymous with all-purpose hacking. Despite this, many developers refer to themselves as software engineers even if that isn't what they do, simply because it sounds more important. "Monkey," "Ninja," etc may be informal, (I don't know how you mean naive,) but it at least doesn't usually imply posturing.