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I know that a couple of variation of "coding" or programming are 编程, or 写代码. How would I refer to that person who does the coding/programming? Is it 编程家? or is there a more colloquial way of saying it?

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    Dialect note: the Taiwanese term for programmers is usually 軟體工程師. But a more colloquial way is referring to someone as 寫程式的, i.e. 周小姐是寫程式的.
    – Semaphore
    Jul 22, 2014 at 15:13

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编程家 sounds weird. You can say:

程序员
程序猿 (for male)
程序媛 (for female)
编程人员
码农 (junior programmer without future, often used for self-mockery)
挨踢(IT)民工 (similar to 码农)
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    haha I like 程序猿, Homo programmatis under the class of homo zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sky6t/program-ape Jul 22, 2014 at 14:20
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    Would 程序猿 be the equivalent of code monkey, the somewhat derogatory English term?
    – Cocowalla
    Jul 23, 2014 at 7:56
  • @Cocowalla Yes, I think so. It's code monkey.
    – user4072
    Jul 23, 2014 at 8:12
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程序员 is widely used in China as “programmer”。

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软件工程师(軟件工程師) should be a good one.

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  • This is what I normally say (or the Taiwanese variant 軟體工程師) Oct 20, 2014 at 13:36
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    This means 'software engineer', not 'programmer'.
    – imrek
    Dec 4, 2015 at 19:29
  • Isn't this "software engineer", not "programmer"?
    – Blaszard
    Jul 24, 2017 at 18:00
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程序员 is the widely used word. In most company, including the one I'm currently working in, people use 程序 to call 程序员, some kinda in short. 主程: LP/ Chief Programmer. A funny version is 程序猿[code monkey]. 猿(yuan2) is gorilla. Also, 码农[a programmer who gets low salary],程序媛[female code monkey](媛 means girl).

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  • Sean, I've heard that 码农 isn't that often used/is 网络语。 Do you think I should ever use it when speaking as a joke? Like 我以后想当一个码农。
    – Stephen
    Jul 23, 2014 at 10:27
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    You can but it sounds weird. We often call ourselves(who are already coders) 码农 (as a joke of course). See this self sarcasm: 人家敲代码几年都成男神高富帅了,我特么还是一码农/屌丝程序猿。(And I am the 屌丝程序猿 :P)
    – Sean C.
    Jul 23, 2014 at 11:08
  • Oh awesome - so, I could probably use it if I was a computer science student as well though/considered myself a programmer
    – Stephen
    Jul 23, 2014 at 14:09
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you can say '程序员'

EG: 程序员总是有着相同的风格 Programmer alway has same style of wear.

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I've also heard 程序设计师 (设计师 = designer, architect).

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You can use 程序员, 程序师, or 程序设计师 (设计师 means architect/designer and 程序 means a program).

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