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Discussion on: What do you call yourself to people outside of tech?

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erica (she/her)

I usually go for software developer or programmer - it's usually enough for people to know that I work with computers. Although I've gotten "what exactly is programming?" to which my best response is "it's telling computers what I want them to do and them sometimes listening"

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Steven Torrence • Edited

I agree. Although, I feel sometimes the term "Software developer or engineer" seems so academic or proper. I'm not sure if I qualify just building APIs and some frontend work! haha

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erica (she/her)

That's my favorite reason to use it! Makes my work feel more exciting on those just tweaking some formatting days.