>You’d think that any programmer with a basic grasp of recursive algorithms would be hesitant to take a job as a software engineer. What does this mean? Is sof

>You’d think that any programmer with a basic grasp of recursive algorithms would be hesitant to take a job as a software engineer. What does this mean? Is software engineering "below" programming? Do software engineers write less code? I've only been in the industry for a few years, mostly working on my own. I've assumed these titles were arbitrary. Are they not?