[codeonfire]

Self taught people with low/no experience should be called 'programmers' at best. In almost all industries, people who specialize in one or two things would be called a technician or programmer, i.e. Angular programmer or web tech. Software Engineer implies someone with a degree that does far more and involves all aspects including project management and financial work. Lead developer is a title for managers to use when they want to designate someone as a developer that gets final say in decisions. The startup world is ridiculous and half the people in startups should not even be called programmers. Startups are just hiring people to look like they have lots of talent for investors.