[throwaway-18]

The difference between Software Engineers (or Developers) vs Programmers; with the latter designation being a stretch for some.

[hombre_fatal]

I think we should we put this title-based distinction to rest.

Whether you call yourself an engineer, developer, programmer, or even a coder is mostly a localized thing, not an evaluation of expertise.

We're confusing everyone when we pretend a title reflects how good we are at the craft, especially titles we already use to refer to ourselves without judgement. At least use script kiddie or something.

[bob1029]

In my local world: Writing code to specification is programming. Writing the specification is engineering.