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What’s the difference between a software engineer, developer and programmer?

18th December 2011

My answer to What’s the difference between a software engineer, developer and programmer? on Quora

Absolutely nothing. Job title differences like those only really matter when working for a large organisation that sets compensation based on title—in which case you want to figure out which title gets you the best deal at that particular company.

Posted 18th December 2011 at 9:54 am · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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