WHO IS A software engineer
A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containingsoftware work.
Prior to the mid-1960s, software practitioners called themselves computer programmers or software developers, regardless of their actual jobs. Many people prefer to call themselves software developer and programmer, because most widely agree what these terms mean, while software engineer is still being debated.
The term programmer has often been used as a pejorative term to refer to those without the tools, skills, education, or ethics to write good quality software. In response, many practitioners called themselves software engineers to escape the stigma attached to the word programmer. In many companies, the titles programmer and software developerwere changed to software engineer, for many categories of programmers
These terms cause confusion, because some denied any differences (arguing that everyone does essentially the same thing with software) while others who use the terms to create a difference (arguing the terms mean completely different jobs)
No comments