Likewise migration control: “I don’t care how many times it ‘worked in the lab,’ it’s not going to production until it’s passed customer acceptance testing.”
IT positions are usually occupied by boobs.
Larry Mudd, Network Administrator
From bottom to top for Testing (which is something you might consider, BTW)
Tester
Test Analyst
Senior Test Analyst
Test Manager
Senior Test Manager
Delivery Manager (Test)
Group Quality Assurance Manager
Executive Manager
(programmer here)
The titles “programmer”, “software developer”, and “software engineer” might arguably be distinguishable in theory, but in practice, they aren’t. The theory says that a “software engineer” emphasizes engineering practices while a “programmer” is a code monkey. In reality, you pretty much don’t stand a chance of putting together a non-trivial program together without using some engineering techniques (whether or not you recognize them as such is another matter), so the distinction isn’t really important.