Developers Are from Mars, Programmers from Venus

Many of us use the terms “programmer” and “developer” interchangeably. When someone asks me what I do for a living I tend to describe my vocation as “computer programmer” rather than “software developer”, because the former seems to be understood more readily by those unfamiliar with IT. Even when writing pieces for this site, I tend to swap back and forth between the two terms, to try and avoid sounding repetitive. But in truth, there is a world of difference between a computer programmer and a software developer (editor’s note: aka engineer and there is also a difference with a software architect).

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