I put "Chaotic Neutral Technomancer" as my title at work and HR said I had to change it.
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2024
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The Intergalactic Ninja Sultan of Revenue Development
I prefer Software Engineer, mostly because I studied at an engineering school and have a degree in Software Engineering. My actual titles have varied throughout my career, but I overall consider myself a software engineer.
I'm curious if you've looked up whether you're allowed to call yourself an engineer in some states (US centric of course)? I read years ago that some states really frown on calling yourself an engineer if you aren't a certain small range of engineers that they have codified (pun intended) in law.
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The Plague.
Uh... Mr. The Plague... Uh. Something weird is happening on the net....
I have rotated between countless titles over several decades. What I do hasn't really changed. Currently I'm not even aware what my official title is and when someone asks I usually say something along the lines of I make IT go but in my native language.
Hackerman
Space wizard will do thanks
I make computers do useful things.
I make computers do useful things.
This exactly. Sometimes I also make the computer do what the client asked for.
Edit: And there was that one time the client asked for the computer to do something useful. But I think that was a fluke.
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Serious question, not a native speaker: Why do people in the Anglosphere refer to mostly-software companies as tech companies, or to software developers as tech workers?
Tech is short-hand for technology.
So, technology companies and technology workers.
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Because even in those companies many of the 'computer people' are not software developers. Tech workers is a catch all term for most people at those companies.
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Funny because HR doesn't know either and its their job. In the US, you just need to slap engineer at the end and you are golden.
Tech-priest.
Magos.
O, si es necesario, El Señor Arch-Magos.
Todos alaban al Santo Omnissiah, y así sucesivamente.
Dale?
I can neither confirm nor deny.
ᵀᶦᵐᵉ ᶦˢ ᵃ ᶠˡᵃᵗ ᶜᶦʳᶜˡᵉ.
My email signature is "Via con dios"
Claro que sí, con gusto, y por supuesto.
"~~Via~~ Vaya con dios"
Or... was that... the joke?
I got told the difference between a software developer and an engineer is that an engineer factors in a products lifecycle and scalability and communicates this to their team and client
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Sorcerer of servers
It depends who I'm talking to and where I live. Where I live, engineer is a protected title and requires certification/etc so that takes it out of the race. That leaves the other options. Generally I am a Web Developer to people my age or younger, to people older than me I am usually a Computer Programmer but also sometimes a Developer or Software Developer instead. Realistically, I am a Full Stack Website Developer.
Referring to my job doesn't get any easier even as someone in tech.
Lives ARE on the line. It was faulty software that caused the Boeing 737 Max to crash twice, killing 346 people. Software runs your car, the trains, rockets, literally everything.
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I use software engineer but whatevs they're all good.