Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work? 333
ctrahey writes "Many of us disregard the impact of our titles on various aspects of our lives, both professional and otherwise. Perhaps it's appropriate to ask two questions about the difference between a couple titles familiar to the Slashdot community: Developer vs Software Engineer. What are the factors to consider in the appropriate use of the titles? And (more interesting to me), what influence might the use of these titles have on the written code? Have you observed a difference in attitudes, priorities, or outlooks in talent as a corollary to their titles?"
Gets more babes (Score:5, Funny)
Easy.... Use software engineer. It sounds richer so gets more babes ;)
Programmer, Motherfucker! (Score:5, Funny)
Do you speak it? [programmin...fucker.com]
Re:What about programmer? (Score:5, Funny)
Programmers programmers programmers PROGRAMMERS PROGRAMMERS PROGRAMMERS. *chairtoss*
Nah, doesn't flow off the tongue.
I'll stick with "developers".
Wizard (Score:2, Funny)
You could just call yourself "wizard". Like 90% of the population treats either title differently than "wizard" anyway.
What about "trendy douche" ? (Score:5, Funny)
What if you just ramble on about .Net and quibble over which IDE is better, all the while saying words like "Scrum" and "Agile"?
Sure you'll get a job, but you won't ever actually produce anything.
Re:Are you an engineer? (Score:4, Funny)
Even if you have the hat [starcostumes.com]?