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As someone not in tech, I have no idea how to refer to my tech friends' jobs (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] bouh@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I am an engineer. Most developers aren't though, unfortunately.

[–] Cover_czar@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Software Author/ Author

[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I usually go by "fuck you". Like someone yells out of their cube "who's goddamn code is this?!?! Ah, fuck you"

Also codemancer

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I guess we're going with B

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Bit Banger

or A,B,C,G

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[–] xoggy@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

And Computer Engineering is none of these.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Serious question, not a native speaker: Why do people in the Anglosphere refer to mostly-software companies as tech companies, or to software developers as tech workers?

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[–] sarchar@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Even in the trade myself for 30 years, I have nfc. Probably not Engineer (by itself) though.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not only does this meme ignore the fact there's only 4 choices in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, it doesn't even do an even number of them leaving it annoyingly lopsided

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

"coder-codewriter"

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Digital archæologist. Bitshifter.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Light Monkey

[–] 00x0xx@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Coder isn't a professional title. Software engineer and engineer are very broad of a term, because they can cover alot of work that's not directly coding software. Not all programmers write software code, some just 'program' software that's already written.

So i think developer is the best term for someone that 'develops' and write software code for a living. Or even software developer, those terms are interchangable.

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I use software engineer but whatevs they're all good.

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