What is the actual difference between Computer Programmers and Software Engineers? Is this description accurate?
- by Ari
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is the difference:
Computer programmers write programs.
After computer software engineers and
systems analysts design software
programs, the programmer converts that
design into a logical series of
instructions that the computer can
follow
They predict employment to increase for software engineers by 34% but to decline for programmers. Is there actually any such real distinction between the 2 jobs? How can one get a job designing programs (to be implemented by others)?