Programmer

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Computer programmer

Betty Jennings and Fran Bilas, part of the first ENIAC programming team
Occupation
Names	Computer Programmer
Occupation type	Profession
Activity sectors	Information technology, Software industry
Description
Competencies	Writing and debugging computer code
Education required	Varies from apprenticeship to bachelor's degree, or self-taught

A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code – someone with skill in computer programming.

The professional titles software developer and software engineer are used for jobs that require a programmer.

Generally, a programmer writes code in a computer language and with an intent to build software that achieves some goal.