[grey_whiskers]

Programmer == "bang on the task with this code or feature to get it done"

Engineer == "break the problem itself to smaller parts and decide the best approach and the best tool, *then* code it up"

Full Disclosure:

QA == "why don't you people ever finish before the deadline? Now *I've* got to stay up all night and still not finish testing it."

Manager == "That's *it* ? This doesn't look too hard. In fact, this could have been done in half the time by the offshore resources."

(Bangs head).

Cheers!

[Hunble]

Engineer == "break the problem itself to smaller parts and decide the best approach and the best tool, *then* code it up"

Six months later, my software is working and my company is making a profit.

Damn proud to be called a Software Engineer!

[MarkL]

Manager == "That's *it* ? This doesn't look too hard. In fact, this could have been done in half the time by the offshore resources."

You've been talking to my manager, haven't you?

"Hey Mark, I need you to set up a VPN tunnel. I know you haven't done it before, but all you need to do is use the config off of this other router, and just change the IP addresses..." 10 days later, I finally got it to work, even after a Cisco CCIE had said, "Well, it should be working!"

My manager thought it would be a 1 to 2 hour job. Instead, I wound up putting nearly 70 hours into the project.

Mark