Programmer Engineer?

2 points by djmill 12y ago ↗ HN

Title says it all. It seems confusing doesn't it? This is my new job title when I graduate. I've been working as a software engineer intern for the past 2 years at a large corporate company in Massachusetts. I received my job offer and to my surprise, the title is Programmer Engineer. HR says the internal title is Software Engineer. So what am I? What should I put on my resume?

Now wait, can't I just ask HR about this? Yeah... but I want your take on it.

To me it seems a bit convoluted since I don't engineer programmers. Would it make sense to refer to my position as Software Engineer when I apply elsewhere down the road? Any thoughts?

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logn 12y ago ↗

I don't think it matters. I think you can put the internal title on your resume if you choose. On an employment application I'd list the official title. Adding a slash makes it a reasonable title: Programmer/Engineer

djmill 12y ago ↗

See, I didn't even think about it that way with the '/'. Definitely makes more sense that way!