>The non-math programmers vastly outnumber the math-based ones. At some level I'd love to have a different word for what I do [1] that distinguishes it from we

>The non-math programmers vastly outnumber the math-based ones. At some level I'd love to have a different word for what I do [1] that distinguishes it from web or other kinds of programming. When I talk to someone who has only encountered web developers and I say I'm a programmer, and they say "Yeah so is my uncle! He does HTML!", it feels like they really, really don't understand. Like I've said "I design Tesla electric cars" and they've responded "My uncle assists mechanics in a shop that repairs VWs!" [2] But at some level it's just my ego talking, so it might be best to just take the ego hit as a lesson in humility. ;) [1] I do native C/C++ code on multiple platforms including optimization for real-time performance, as well as high speed server optimization, system security analysis, and cross-platform video game development. Not math-heavy, precisely, but still far more skilled than basic web development. I also create the occasional high-performance web page, so I can compare directly. [2] With no aspersions on assistant mechanics, but it's a VERY different job.