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Pathminder dos program6/9/2023 ![]() But why, what’s the difference in their day to day job contents? The question is: why are we so attached to those words, and especially the term engineer?įor one, because the HR matrices tell us that engineers make more money than programmers. In meeting rooms, when the engineer or architect has something to say, you better listen as a mere developer! Of course that doesn’t sound right, but in practice, that’s what’s going own under the hood. Labels like these, from worth less to more, optionally prepended with “junior”, “senior”, “solutions”, “enterprise”, etc 1: Each box you were shoved in came with a label, meaning it becomes easy for your peers to guess which box you’re in, making way for the inevitable comparison and unhappiness. ![]() At my first job, HR managers used competence matrices to scale their pawns-erhm, employees-across different tracks, which determined the thing we all care about: salary. ![]() ![]() Dr.-I’ve been wondering: is there a thematic or conceptual difference between a programmer, a developer, and a software engineer?Ĭlearly, the job title indicates some form of status, although I have non idea why, to be honest. Ever since a professor of a neighboring university remarked “I’m most proud of my graduates when they just call themselves programmers"-while he clearly loves his status as Prof.
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