--- title: Developer vs. Programmer | daily.dev description: A programmer’s job includes writing code, testing, and fixing bugs. To become a good programmer, you should have read Become a Better Programmer by Ayushi... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-vs-programmer-ljyepuzgt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developer vs. Programmer | daily.dev og:description: A programmer’s job includes writing code, testing, and fixing bugs. To become a good programmer, you should have read Become a Better Programmer by Ayushi... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-vs-programmer-ljyepuzgt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lJYEpUzGT.png og:image:alt: Developer vs. Programmer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Developer vs. Programmer **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 7 min read · 64 upvotes · 9 comments ## Summary A programmer’s job includes writing code, testing, and fixing bugs. To become a good programmer, you should have read Become a Better Programmer by Ayushi Rawat. And also remember to read 5 Mistakes you should not make when starting your career as a software developer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@felipefrancisco** · 12 upvotes > I genuinely think that creating such distinction between a "Developer", a "Programmer" and an "Engineer" just creates unnecessary labels and undermines the competency of professionals in the industry. To be absolutely honest, I have never seen serious job adverts hiring said "Programmers" for roles such as the ones described in this article - as there should be no such thing. > > Who would hire someone just to "write code" and "bug fix" without participating in key parts of the software process? Doing so is a pretty good recipe for failure, bad software and pretty unhappy people (obviously, I'm... **@zoemchl** · 2 upvotes > I didn't really knew the difference before reading this article, thank you ! **@stnight99** · 1 upvotes > well said **@itsmnthn** · 1 upvotes > Good Read. **@noiseimpera** · 1 upvotes > nice! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/developer-vs-programmer-ljyepuzgt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Developer vs. Programmer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-vs-programmer-ljyepuzgt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/developer-vs-programmer-ljyepuzgt"},"datePublished":"2021-05-05T00:23:37.387Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:19:31.754Z","description":"A programmer’s job includes writing code, testing, and fixing bugs. 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To be absolutely honest, I have never seen serious job adverts hiring said “Programmers” for roles such as the ones described in this article - as there should be no such thing.\nWho would hire someone just to “write code” and “bug fix” without participating in key parts of the software process? Doing so is a pretty good recipe for failure, bad software and pretty unhappy people (obviously, I’m not referring to short-term contractors here, all cases have exceptions).\nIf you code, worry less about how your role is called; focus more on being a good professional by owning the software you write, being interested in good practices, testing, design, architecture at all stages of your career - the article saying that you can think that some time of professional “like a competent cook can really turn a recipe into a great meal” sounds like a joke… if you’re in a company that expects that sort of behaviour from you, as in “take these requirements and make it”, I’d strongly suggest searching for new opportunities where you can grow professionally instead of just “following recipes”.","datePublished":"2021-05-05T19:09:31.172Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lJYEpUzGT#c-iOUuT57KL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Felipe Francisco","url":"https://daily.dev/felipefrancisco","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1628172892/avatars/MSxe3CvdP"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I didn’t really knew the difference before reading this article, thank you !","datePublished":"2021-05-05T10:22:04.176Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lJYEpUzGT#c-9JXIImGJe","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Zoé","url":"https://daily.dev/zoemchl","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71171434?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"well said","datePublished":"2021-05-05T08:56:44.665Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lJYEpUzGT#c-5w8g5nUxg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"John Eric","url":"https://daily.dev/stnight99","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11407736?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Good Read.","datePublished":"2021-05-05T09:39:51.593Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lJYEpUzGT#c-IGEdPKXGA","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Manthankumar Satani","url":"https://daily.dev/itsmnthn","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--XpFWj1ND--/f_auto/v1749054653/avatars/avatar_iBTDQoV5Y?_a=BAMClqUq0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"nice!","datePublished":"2021-05-05T06:17:55.350Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lJYEpUzGT#c-l22BwTYHm","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"saverio puccia","url":"https://daily.dev/noiseimpera","image":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/55894510?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```