>Hi everybody!
>
>Who can explain for me the difference between the following terms:
>programmer, analyst, jr. programmer, senior programmer, software engineer,
>developer, coder project manager. I saw all of these terms in UT ads and I
>want to know who I am...
>
>Have a happy day
>Vladimir Shevchenko
Vladimir,
These terms are softly defined, meansing there isn't any real clear definition for them. However this could be used as a guide to their meaning;
programmer = someone who writes code and has some expereince (read medium pay)
analyst - someone who looks at business problems and defines systems to solve them
jr. programmer = someone who writes code but is new to it (read low pay)
senior programmer - someone who writes code and has alot of experience (read better pay)
software engineer - fancy word for someone who designs applications ( read good pay)
developer - Could be anything
coder - programmer
project manager - someone who manages a teams of programmers and analysts (read very good pay)