Difference between Engineer and Developer
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While on a mailing list of Job openings in around my area, I noticed two Job openings for software development. One was titled "Software Developer" and "Software Engineer". For both the responsibly/Job description and requirement was same (Engineer needed English knowledge along with Engineering degree though). So what is the difference between too in a software Company.
cheers,
Super
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Depending on where you live, you can only be an engineer (by title) if you are registered as one. For example, in Québec I cannot be called a software engineer because I am not a registered engineer.
I'd rather be phishing!
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While on a mailing list of Job openings in around my area, I noticed two Job openings for software development. One was titled "Software Developer" and "Software Engineer". For both the responsibly/Job description and requirement was same (Engineer needed English knowledge along with Engineering degree though). So what is the difference between too in a software Company.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Depending on where you live, you can only be an engineer (by title) if you are registered as one. For example, in Québec I cannot be called a software engineer because I am not a registered engineer.
I'd rather be phishing!
Maximilien wrote:
For example, in Québec I cannot be called a software engineer because I am not a registered engineer.
Probably for the best. Given the frequency of news reports coming out of the province on crumbling infrastructure (bridges declared unsafe and needing emergency repairs, chunks of overpasses falling onto incoming traffic, heck, the Olympic stadium in Montreal), it seems that "engineer" in Quebec has become a dirty word.
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I don't know about in a software company, but it is about £50 on car insurance.
You can save 15% or more by switching to Gieco.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
One possible difference is : - Engineer can be either Developer or Tester. - Developer is Developer alone, and not into testing.
Amarnath S wrote:
and not into testing
Werd.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Amarnath S wrote:
and not into testing
Werd.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013I meant that a developer does not usually get into system testing. Of course, he is responsible for unit testing as a part of development.
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I meant that a developer does not usually get into system testing. Of course, he is responsible for unit testing as a part of development.
And I'm saying developers aren't really into testing at all (unless the testing is performed in production).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
And I'm saying developers aren't really into testing at all (unless the testing is performed in production).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013#realJSOP wrote:
(unless the testing is performed in production).
You mean, like Microsoft does? :sigh:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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While on a mailing list of Job openings in around my area, I noticed two Job openings for software development. One was titled "Software Developer" and "Software Engineer". For both the responsibly/Job description and requirement was same (Engineer needed English knowledge along with Engineering degree though). So what is the difference between too in a software Company.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
In many jurisdictions, Engineer is a professional title like Doctor is for an M.D.. Calling yourself an Engineer without being a state registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) can lead to fraud charges. Most of the true P.E.s I have seen in software typically work on control systems and the like.
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You can save 15% or more by switching to Gieco.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
While on a mailing list of Job openings in around my area, I noticed two Job openings for software development. One was titled "Software Developer" and "Software Engineer". For both the responsibly/Job description and requirement was same (Engineer needed English knowledge along with Engineering degree though). So what is the difference between too in a software Company.
cheers,
Super
------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I have no idea, but I do know the difference between a mathematician and an engineer. Week 1: Researcher brings in a mathematician and an engineer into the lab. There are two stoves with a pot of water on each. He tells them to boil the water, so they both go over and turn the stoves on high and soon enough, each has a pot of boiling water. Week 2: Same researcher, mathematician, and engineer in the same lab. This time the pots are on the shelf. The researcher gives them the same instruction - boil a pot of water. The engineer grabs a pot, fills it from the sink in the lab, and puts it on the stove. He then turns the stove on and soon has a boiling pot of water. The mathematician goes to the shelf, grabs a pot, fills it with water and then puts it on the stove. After a few minutes, the researcher asks the mathematician why he stopped at that point. The mathematician responds "I proved you can boil the water from this state last week."
