Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 10th Oct 2006 08:52 UTC
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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2005-06-29
You're right, we don't pay an admissions fee as software developers to an engineering group, well, other than the ACM or IEEE.
There's a lot of engineering methodology in software development, and it gets ignored often: Which isn't surprising, because, you're right, it's not really engineering.
But it's definitely not science.
It's really not math.
I think it falls closest to engineering.