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"These posts are aimed at software engineers more than developers" I don't know what this means

by dionidium 13y ago

beat 13y ago
That means you're a developer.
- smacktoward 13y ago
  "If you have to ask..."
- nfoz 13y ago
  In Canada, you have to be an accredited professional to use the word Engineer in your title. This means being a member of a specific association, meeting professional standards in your work and qualifications. This is enforced in part by a trademark on the word "engineer". In the U.S., there is no such requirement. Anyone can "be an engineer". Now that I work in the US, I call myself a software engineer or a software developer or a programmer, as interchangeable terms. If there is an actual distinction here I would really like to know it. I also wonder how much these terms may have different meanings in other countries/regions.
  - bunderbunder 13y ago
    In the US, these words have different meanings in different companies. At my company (fairly big - Fortune Global 500) I'm pretty sure they have different meanings in different product teams.
- codygman 13y ago
  I do both of these things though.
  - beat 13y ago
    That means you're a software engineer.
    - dionidium 13y ago
      I also don't understand what point you're trying to make with these responses :)
      - beat 13y ago
        I actually have a strong opinion about the distinction between "software engineer" (someone who has a real computer science background and a disciplined approach), and "developer" (someone who knows a bit of Javascript/Ruby/etc). Developers don't know the difference, because they don't know what they don't know.
        dionidium 13y ago
        It's fine to have a strong opinion about those two types of people -- I have an opinion about it, too -- but the words aren't used consistently which is the lame joke I was making that you totally missed.
einhverfr 13y ago
It means aimed at people who are gathering requirements, designing frameworks, writing specifications, and the like more than doing the actual coding.

"These posts are aimed at software engineers more than developers" I don't know what this means

beat 13y ago

That means you're a developer.

smacktoward 13y ago
"If you have to ask..."
nfoz 13y ago
In Canada, you have to be an accredited professional to use the word Engineer in your title. This means being a member of a specific association, meeting professional standards in your work and qualifications. This is enforced in part by a trademark on the word "engineer". In the U.S., there is no such requirement. Anyone can "be an engineer". Now that I work in the US, I call myself a software engineer or a software developer or a programmer, as interchangeable terms. If there is an actual distinction here I would really like to know it. I also wonder how much these terms may have different meanings in other countries/regions.
- bunderbunder 13y ago
  In the US, these words have different meanings in different companies. At my company (fairly big - Fortune Global 500) I'm pretty sure they have different meanings in different product teams.
codygman 13y ago
I do both of these things though.
- beat 13y ago
  That means you're a software engineer.
  - dionidium 13y ago
    I also don't understand what point you're trying to make with these responses :)
    - beat 13y ago
      I actually have a strong opinion about the distinction between "software engineer" (someone who has a real computer science background and a disciplined approach), and "developer" (someone who knows a bit of Javascript/Ruby/etc). Developers don't know the difference, because they don't know what they don't know.
      - dionidium 13y ago
        It's fine to have a strong opinion about those two types of people -- I have an opinion about it, too -- but the words aren't used consistently which is the lame joke I was making that you totally missed.

einhverfr 13y ago

It means aimed at people who are gathering requirements, designing frameworks, writing specifications, and the like more than doing the actual coding.