>At one point, I wanted my title within the company to be Sr. Software Developer. The boss said no, it's not in the 'approved' list, so he named me Sr. Programmer/Analyst instead.
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>Now, is there a difference? I still like the Software Developer moniker better.

Agreed, there is the same problem here, the titles are still stuck on Systems Analyst, Programmer/Analyst, and Computer Specialist. Those are really relics of the mainframe days...they don't even have a SW Engineer title here, let alone SW Developer.

One point about home-made frameworks, though. Yes, it's a PITA and yes if you need RAD quickly, forget about it. But given the time, the quantity of learning and understanding one gets in building a framework can be an important long-term friend.