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Ask HN: What do you call yourself?
There are several terms to describe what we do: hacker, programmer, technologist, coder, and others. What do you use?
- mindcrime 13y agoDepends on the context of who I'm talking to. My actual title at my "job job" is "senior consultant", so I say "consultant" when random people (like the person sitting beside me on an aeroplane) asks what I do. But I also have a startup, so I might say "software entrepreneur" or "tech entrepreneur" in some contexts. Otherwise, I might use a mixture of "hacker", "programmer", "software engineer" or "software guy". I rarely say "technologist" or "coder".
- mvid 13y agoSoftware Mercenary Caveat: I am a contractor.
- OafTobark 13y agoEngineer
- iamthepieman 13y agoMy official job title designated by my company is GIS Developer. Since I hate acronyms and most people don't immediately know what GIS is (Geospatial Information Systems) I just say software engineer most of the time
- mattwritescode 13y agoOfficially at work software engineer, but I will let others call me "Lord". When freelancing, people state I am a web developer / application developer, but I will let them call me "God of development".
- antocv 13y agoBusiness and software developer. Codemonkey aka coder when Im feeling down.
- skram 13y agoCTO / Technologist / Healthcare hacker depending on the audience.