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Designer, Programmer, Coder or Hacker. Which one are you? (c2.com)
5 points by trocker 5340 days ago
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I am the one who quibbles over the distinctions in the definitions of these words.

That aside, it is good for a software developer to be any of these as the need arises. You may need to design a system, test and implement a design, maintain a system, or quickly throw something together that works for now.