My friends call me "Please fix my printer".

As a Mechanical Engineer, a massive fuck you to everyone who calls software development, programming, or network management a form of "engineering". Do you know how much extra work is now needed to filter out job postings when you're looking for an ACTUAL engineering position?

Ok, not a ton of extra work, but it's still really good damn annoying when 2 out of 3 posts are actually for developers. You guys belong in the T in STEM, not the E. Stay in your fucking lane!

Is "Sir" too much to ask for?

software engineer (engineer for short), software developer (dev/developer for short), software designer (although that last one sounds weird). the job is a lot more than programming, depending on your position it can be mostly communication or mostly engineering or mostly something else entirely. maybe even mostly sitting on your ass all day!

Code whispers

More importantly which do potential employers want to see on my resume because they're shifty bastards always moving the goal posta around

At work they just call me: "Put those pens back and get outta here; you were fired weeks ago!"

Tech Priest Litanizer

If you call a dev a programmer and they don’t get huffy they are hands down one of the raddest people you’ll ever meet.

I’ve had so many wacky job titles that at this point i dont care as long as i get paid.

My dad had the rare chance to name his position whatever he wanted, but the higher ups still rejected his choice of Grand Poobah.

I hate that they took away my analyst title. I'm not a software engineer dammit. I don't even have an IDE installed and haven't done any programming in 10+ years.

And Computer Engineering is none of these.

Software Author/ Author

H. Daddy

As someone who is in tech… not sure, either.

Bit Banger

or A,B,C,G

Mr Tibbs