What is the difference between programmer and dev ?

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In my opinion, a programmer writes code regardless of understanding the whole project, which might be overseen by a project lead or senior dev. He's given instructions, which he should follow.

A developer is someone who develops software from first planning phase to final release while always maintaining the plan/ big picture and all workings of all software parts at all times.

This is just my understanding. Curious to read yours.

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@cdev I got the same opinion, the programmer just program and the dev makes also the analysis

Programmers build a software, mainly the codes, but also includes matters that are important for the software to run and maintain like test, docs, code repository, build/deployment scripts, etc.

Developers build a product, from why they build it, how they would deliver it to the users, where the money would come from/go to, and the software itself (so they could be a programmer/designer/project manager too for the development of that software)

So in my opinion, developer is a more general role and have a wider scope, but someone can be both. These days where there are a lot of small development team, many programmers are also a developer because they got involved in more general decisions.

But when they proclaim themselves as a programmer, they care more about the software itself, the quality, and the performance of it as a computer program. When they proclaim themselves as a developer, they think less about the computer program but think more about the "package" as a whole.