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Hey, can anyone tell me if there is a fundamental difference between the position of "Programmer Analyst" and "Software Engineer"? Do any of you guys work with one and not the other or both? I don't mean to turn this website into Job Search 2K5, but maybe it being that as a sort of "Hot Topic" would be OK for a couple weeks. Plus, it beats what we were talking about before, which was nothing.

Analyst = testing and QA type work

Engineer = Development and programming

I could be wrong, but that is the way I see it. I have done the Analyst route before and it requires reporting bugs and developing procedures of the software or platform.

Hope that helps.


Can I go on break now please?

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Hey, can anyone tell me if there is a fundamental difference between the position of "Programmer Analyst" and "Software Engineer"? Do any of you guys work with one and not the other or both? I don't mean to turn this website into Job Search 2K5, but maybe it being that as a sort of "Hot Topic" would be OK for a couple weeks. Plus, it beats what we were talking about before, which was nothing.

Terms are misleading. Every computer-related job here at the University is listed as "programmer/analyst", no matter what it is (even my sysadmin job is officially listed as that).

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Hey, can anyone tell me if there is a fundamental difference between the position of "Programmer Analyst" and "Software Engineer"? Do any of you guys work with one and not the other or both? I don't mean to turn this website into Job Search 2K5, but maybe it being that as a sort of "Hot Topic" would be OK for a couple weeks. Plus, it beats what we were talking about before, which was nothing.

My 2 cents.

Programmer with the analyst tag is somebody who also has the ability to design software.

Software Engineer is vague and I consider it a BS title.