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		mquander on June 14, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Difference Between A Developer, A Programmer A... That's easy. A "computer scientist" is a tenured professor^W^Wsomeone who does research in computer science. A "programmer" is someone who writes code for a living. A "developer" or "software engineer" is a programmer who likes business-y titles.

tensor on June 14, 2011 [–]

There are industry "computer scientists." Your definition should simply be "someone who does research in computer science."

mquander on June 14, 2011 | [–]

OK, I agree.

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