What do you tell people your profession is?
My technical title is Member of the Technical Staff, and like you most of you, I design/write code for a living.  I can never decide what to answer when someone asks what I do for a living?

Software Developer?
Software Engineer?
[Kernel] Programmer?
Computer Scientist?

These all seem to have various bad connotations.  I guess I like Software Engineer the best, but unfortunately this term has been coopted by people who don't actually code.  I made the mistake of taking a 'Software Engineering' class, and realized that I definitely don't want to be associated with people who major in this.

Probably this is too subjective, so feel free to community wiki it or whatever, but I think it is a valid question and I would like to hear what others have decided on and their reasoning.
What do you tell people your profession is?
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My technical title is Member of the Technical Staff, and like you most of you, I design/write code for a living.  I can never decide what to answer when someone asks what I do for a living?

Software Developer?
Software Engineer?
[Kernel] Programmer?
Computer Scientist?

These all seem to have various bad connotations.  I guess I like Software Engineer the best, but unfortunately this term has been coopted by people who don't actually code.  I made the mistake of taking a 'Software Engineering' class, and realized that I definitely don't want to be associated with people who major in this.

Probably this is too subjective, so feel free to community wiki it or whatever, but I think it is a valid question and I would like to hear what others have decided on and their reasoning.