Programmer Humor

My friends call me "Please fix my printer".

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

Tech Priest Litanizer

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

Deputy assistant senior vice president software engineering manager

I think typically A, B, C, and F are acceptable to most people. I certainly wouldn't mind any of those descriptions. D feels antiquated. E is too broad. G just sounds like a hobbyist.

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

Code whispers

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!

Sorcerer of servers

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.

Software Author/ Author

I usually go by "fuck you". Like someone yells out of their cube "who's goddamn code is this?!?! Ah, fuck you"

Also codemancer

Bit Banger

or A,B,C,G

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

Chief bit twiddler

"...daughter dearest."

"Wow, this guy programs."

I am an engineer. Most developers aren't though, unfortunately.

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?