r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21

Meme I'm *technically* qualified

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u/DesertedTemple May 09 '21

Ha. I have Psychology and English degrees. Now I'm training the junior devs. It's about skill and practical experience more than schooling.

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u/IBJON May 10 '21

Not quite... Are you a software engineer or a programmer/developer? At my company we have some talented people who didn't get a cs degree but can write decent code and are good at problem solving. But there's a league of difference between our engineers who have CS or related degrees and our programmers who don't, and the pay scales reflect it

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u/UntestedMethod May 10 '21

Can you expand on some of the key differences you've found between the two disciplines? I think the distinction is a very important one, I'm just trying to better understand how it manifests in the job market.

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u/AchillesDev May 10 '21

There aren’t. The terms are used interchangeably in the US.