> every time somebody calls themselves a 'software engineer' I have to supress some heavy eye rolling I'll always back you on that one. I wish I could make eve

> every time somebody calls themselves a 'software engineer' I have to supress some heavy eye rolling I'll always back you on that one. I wish I could make every company I've worked for not call me that. I'd accept literally anything else, but I always liked programmer. Developer seems like a fine compromise, I don't see what's wrong with that. It seems to convey building something potentially multi-faceted or sprawling via a variety of different activities plus programming, but when it comes down to it just by any means necessary.