# The Path to Software Engineer

DevFeed: [The Path to Software Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-path-to-software-engineer-39846.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thinkingintech.com/p/the-path-to-software-engineer>)

Author: Dariusz Sadowski

Published: 2024-05-25T11:39:48Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Thinking in Tech](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/thinking-in-tech.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>), [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>)

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## AI overview

The article presents a three-stage path for growing in software work: Coder, Developer, and Engineer. It describes coding as an early stage focused on making programs work, development as specialist growth, and engineering as a broader progression beyond rigid processes and solutions.

## Source excerpt

What's the difference between Coder, Developer and Engineer?