[lug] Job: Senior Java Engineer

Bruce Long qstream at gmail.com
Thu Apr 7 09:55:23 MDT 2011


Does a Senior Software Engineer design software for seniors or do they
merely design elderly software?

My brother is a Java Engineer; he owns a coffee shop.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:50 AM, John Vonachen <john.vonachen at gmail.com>wrote:

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> IMO - An engineer is someone who designs systems to satisfy a set of
> design criteria each with varying degrees of importance.  A developer is
> just someone in general who writes software that actually gets used by a
> user or end user as opposed to a tester, QA, or even V&V (verification &
> validation).  Software engineer is usually someone who takes direction
> from a technical or project lead (someone who has technical stuff to do
> him or herself), a project director (a manager who does not necessarily
> do or even know how to do technical stuff).  In the game industry
> project directors are called producers just like in the movie industry.
>  A project lead is usually Senior Software Engineer (for smaller groups)
> or Senior Principle Engineer (for larger groups with more than just two
> levels of hierarchy).  CIO is just one person in a larger company.
>
> Agree or disagree?
>
> On 4/7/11 9:18 AM, Glenn Murray wrote:
> > No kidding.  "Software Engineer" has been criticized as an oxymoron for
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