What's the difference between a computer software engineers and a computer programmer?

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1. John E

   On 2006-08-06 09:52:51

   
   
   4 years of school, a degree, and $75-100,000 a year

2. ask sammy

   On 2006-08-06 09:54:47

   
   
   programmers are brainless people(no offense) who jus do the coding.. they shud be called coders infact.. software engineers are the people who design and build the software.. their jobs are more interesting and more challenging

3. Quietwalker

   On 2006-08-06 09:50:13

   
   
   Software engineers design the software that programmers use to program with.

4. WildPointer

   On 2006-08-06 09:54:04

   
   
   It varies from company to company, and often there is alot of overlap. (IE programmers design sometimes and engineers do coding sometimes) I think officially though a good comparison would be construction. Software engineers are like the architects and programmers are like the builders.

5. mJc

   On 2006-08-06 09:55:28

   
   
   Computer software engineers actually determine what the specific needs of computer user's are. They then design, construct, test and monitor software and computer systems. Programmers are responsible for 'telling' the computer how to function according to what the engineer has designed. They code, line by line, instructions into the computer making it run.

6. Brendy

   On 2006-08-06 09:50:55

   
   
   engineers develop the software; programmers guide and maintain it.

7. robertminidriver

   On 2006-08-06 09:50:37

   
   
   I think of the engineer working more at the design level.