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Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by ANTONINEUTRON(m): 9:43am On Apr 19, 2017
So Which Title Do You Think Is Better??
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by klefjoxey: 10:16am On Apr 19, 2017
ANTONINEUTRON:
So Which Title Do You Think Is Better??
1: software developer- knows how develop an app using any language such as c++, java etc
2: software engineer- knows how to develop, scale and also improve an app. They know how to build complex applications. They know how to use algorithms to improve software applications and many more.
So they are two different jobs but software engineer is better
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by ANTONINEUTRON(m): 10:42am On Apr 19, 2017
klefjoxey:

1: software developer- knows how develop an app using any language such as c++, java etc
2: software engineer- knows how to develop, scale and also improve an app. They know how to build complex applications. They know how to use algorithms to improve software applications and many more.
So they are two different jobs but software engineer is better
But With Your Comp.Sci Degree Can U Be Address As A Software Engineer??
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by klefjoxey: 12:28pm On Apr 19, 2017
ANTONINEUTRON:

But With Your Comp.Sci Degree Can U Be Address As A Computer Engineer??
No. Computer science deals with the software aspect such as the bios, windows products why computer engineer deals mainly with the hardware. But you can study computer engineering and still know about programming likewise you can study computer science and know about engineering. If you are going to major into artificial intelligence you will know about engineering and if you are even learning assembly language you will also know about the hardware aspect
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by ANTONINEUTRON(m): 12:57pm On Apr 19, 2017
klefjoxey:

No. Computer science deals with the software aspect such as the bios, windows products why computer engineer deals mainly with the hardware. But you can study computer engineering and still know about programming likewise you can study computer science and know about engineering. If you are going to major into artificial intelligence you will know about engineering and if you are even learning assembly language you will also know about the hardware aspect
Sorry I Meant Software Engineer
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by webdeveloperqx: 3:13pm On Apr 19, 2017
intuitively both are same . An engineer solves a problem , a developer solves a problem , the term these days is actually software engineer. As long as you can write a piece of software to solve a problem, both titles can be used for you .

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Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by Fulaman198(m): 12:17pm On Oct 03, 2017
The two titles are the same thing in most countries, but they are interchangeable. Software Engineer though sounds more appealing. I personally wish there was a title like "Computer Scientist". There is a "Computational Scientist" title. But most Computer Scientists with the scientist title are "Data Scientists".
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by Fulaman198(m): 12:20pm On Oct 03, 2017
klefjoxey:

No. Computer science deals with the software aspect such as the bios, windows products why computer engineer deals mainly with the hardware. But you can study computer engineering and still know about programming likewise you can study computer science and know about engineering. If you are going to major into artificial intelligence you will know about engineering and if you are even learning assembly language you will also know about the hardware aspect

Not necessarily true. Computer Science graduates can be easily hardware engineers as well although Computer Science students don't deal with the hardware aspect of computing as much as Computer Engineers and Electrical Engineers.

I'm sure you have taken a Computer organization course, an operating systems course, and possibly a parallel programming course. All of which deal with hardware (how it works), but not necessarily with the design of hardware. You will learn about sequential circuits in CS although probably not to the same amount of detail as a CE/EE. You learn about boolean logic with circuits as well.

CS is a very diverse field, and Computer Architecture is a huge part of CS.
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by Nobody: 3:00pm On Oct 03, 2017
Fulaman198:


Not necessarily true. Computer Science graduates can be easily hardware engineers as well although Computer Science students don't deal with the hardware aspect of computing as much as Computer Engineers and Electrical Engineers.

I'm sure you have taken a Computer organization course, an operating systems course, and possibly a parallel programming course. All of which deal with hardware (how it works), but not necessarily with the design of hardware. You will learn about sequential circuits in CS although probably not to the same amount of detail as a CE/EE. You learn about boolean logic with circuits as well.

CS is a very diverse field, and Computer Architecture is a huge part of CS.

So which is better among the two
CS or CE
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by Nobody: 3:58pm On Oct 03, 2017
@okwyee oya pour your mind out...
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by asalimpo(m): 1:15am On Oct 04, 2017
There's nothing like which one is better.
Most times it's just semantics. Some1 who knows how to code may adopt or be given the nme engineer/developer to add prestige to his job title.
At other times the engineer may be some1 with formal education in software development (bsc,msc,phd ) etc.
read up on this on wikipedia.

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Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by ANTONINEUTRON(m): 10:44pm On Oct 04, 2017
Fulaman198:
The two titles are the same thing in most countries, but they are interchangeable. Software Engineer though sounds more appealing. I personally wish there was a title like "Computer Scientist". There is a "Computational Scientist" title. But most Computer Scientists with the scientist title are "Data Scientists".
Welcome Back Boss


Meaning Computer Science Is Wide To D Extend It Can Be A Faculty Of Its Own!!

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Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by Nobody: 11:29pm On Oct 04, 2017
So anybody giving advice
If you want to really go deep into programming
Is it computer science or computer engineering you study
I have people saying computer science is too easy and does go deep into it.
Re: Which Is A Better Title: Software Developer Or Software Engineer by Fulaman198(m): 2:15am On Oct 05, 2017
fidalgo19:


So which is better among the two
CS or CE

Both are good, CE is a bit more hardware oriented and CS slightly more software oriented. But both can fulfill the role of the other.

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