> So what are your thoughts - what makes somebody a software engineer? A 2% raise instead of a 5% one? I don't think I've met any "software engineers" since

> So what are your thoughts - what makes somebody a software engineer? A 2% raise instead of a 5% one? I don't think I've met any "software engineers" since the early 2000s, when bosses started giving programmers the "engineer" title to make them feel better about themselves while simultaneously stiffing them on raises & perks. People like voidlogic here have actual degrees in software engineering, and I wouldn't have a problem with someone like that using the title. They earned it. But that title has some baggage, at least in my eyes, and in your case you'd probably be better off with "developer". Also, be careful about putting adjectives in front of "developer", especially a particular language or framework because people will pigeonhole you based on that.