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I don't think there's actually a difference in the two titles themselves, but rather in the kind of company which uses each title. A software developer at a sm

• guiomie 13y ago
  They might do similar work, but I see software engineers as being accredited engineers, with that is a legal attachement to the title. Instead of startup vs bigcorp, I see it more like startup building some social phenomon that will be forgotten tomorrow as opposed to BigCorp coding airplanes systems.
  • TheCoelacanth 13y ago
    In the US (which this survey seems to have been limited to), that is rarely the case. Only Florida and Texas consider "Software Engineer" a protected title, and even in those states you are usually only restricted from using it if you are offering engineering services. In most of the country, a "Software Engineer" could just as easily be working on a social networking website as on embedded software for an airplane. It is extremely common to use the title "Software Engineer" for people who are not actually doing engineering.
  • morgante 13y ago
    > They might do similar work, but I see software engineers as being accredited engineers, with that is a legal attachement to the title. My job title is "software engineer" and I don't have any accreditation to speak of. Such is the case with the vast majority of people with this title.