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by dimino 3479 days ago
Is there a universally or even widely accepted difference?
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shanemhansen 3479 days ago
There is a widely accepted difference in the US: the PE exam. Other countries make it flat out illegal to call yourself an engineer without the proper credentials.
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mLuby 3479 days ago
The difference between software developer and software engineer is ~$10k. http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Developer/S... http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa...
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stale2002 3479 days ago
lol, you realize that none of the Google "software engineers" are accredited?

Google Canada calls their employees software developers. Everyone would just call themselves a different name and life would move on as nobody cares.

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