Ask HN: What is your profession?

I look at an array of very many very tiny lights, and press a super specific sequence of buttons to turn some lights on or off in the way I want.

A Linux file system developer in theory, a "this is broken and is in/related to the kernel" developer in practice.

Paramedic (the German equivalent: Notfallsanitäter)

I always had trouble explaining what I do, and having a 5 year old, I need a clear, concise answer:

I'm the generic lego businessman[1]. (I don't work for Lego, but that would be awesome)

Longer answer - I do strategic technology planning for a specific segment of a large company. I used to be a data engineering director, to standardize the title somewhat. That was easier to explain to people.

[1]: https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/5/52/AQ_Bui...

IT support specialist, with tons of know how to do more. I'm something of a rogue mathematician.

Jack of all trades due to necessity. From cleaning toilets to managing a startup to writing software, the later being the one I spent the most time on. The only thing I can't do is interface design.

Really don't know what name I should use for this role. Founder? :)

Job-seeking iOS Developer

Just moved to San Francisco on Monday.

Anyone have any know someone who needs one?

Also, anyone need a roommate?

.net developer, python, nodejs and php

I trade some bitcoins and stocks

I also sell some stuff on my shop

I ran Pokemon go events in theme parks to test Facebook ads

I bitch about being to busy and then I find something new which interests me that I don't have time to do :)

Title is 'Senior Automation Engineer', but basically I write workflows (PowerShell/SMA and ServiceNow's dialect of Javascript) to automate/orchestrate IT operations processes. Stuff like user onboarding and offboarding, systems integrations between various internal and external/cloud systems, lots of 'customer requests X, perform the steps to deliver X'.

Software developer (formal title is Principal Software Engineer).

I specialize in software for other programmers: compilers, servers, RPC frameworks, apis and libraries, high-performance code, concurrent & distributed code, query engines, etc. Tools to build an end user product mostly. The kind of thing that sits at the core of large product.

Mainly in Java but also C++ and a few others.

I find this question difficult. I write code, I design systems, I manage complexity and prevent complex from becoming complicated. I am CTO, I am developer, I am founder and Co founder. I am coffee maker too. When asked I usually say "I make software".

I make and fettle software.

Mostly bioinformatics/genomics in practice, but not especially wedded to that field.

Have never been especially comfortable with the "software engineer" label, although it seems to be what a lot of people go by these days.

How about "hacker"?

I'm studying to be qualified to drive a steam engine.

Meat robot for Amazon. I only write code for fun now, I guess.

Molecular and Cellular Biologist engineer by career! IT guy fond of electronics engineering by passion! Looking also for a new job by the way!

Former lawyer, now founder at http://www.BeeLineReader.com

I anonymously visit coffee shops in Vancouver,BC and then review them. Also consult for a large IT firm to make actually money.

Creative director and UI fanatic @ http://fairpixels.pro

Technical Program Manager, though I miss writing code and managing teams.

If I could write rust and manage teams, I would be a happy man!

My profession is computer programming, and my area of expertise is full-stack web development and all that that entails.

I make red lights green, and sometimes I on break a light with a hammer so that it gets replaced with something better.

Technical co-founder @ https://www.tesorio.com

Software developer, more specifically back-end software developer, even more specifically DBMS developer.

i am a developer advocate.

i worked as a system admin, platform eng and devops eng for years. eventually moved into a role that allowed me to use all these skills to help developers.

fun job, high reward, great for people who like people.

Fullstack web dev for an agency, looking for the path to glory. (Ok, ok, finishing my degree.)

Trying to make the world a better place, usually involving various Internet-related projects.

Master student in Computer Science

CEO at http://ae.studio

EE. Embedded systems.

Code up and down the stack when on occasion when required.

Philosophy PhD Student

Materials Science PhD student - electron microscopy

High tech low life.

Product Manager. Lead Designer. Dev Team Leader.

Magazine editor and web developer. Two hats.

Many hats, mostly c++ these days.

Data analyst for a health insurer

PhD student in health economics

Carpenter (remodeling mostly).

autonomous vehicle researcher

Project Manager - ADAS

PhD student in English

Front-end developer.

Radiology resident.

Software engineer.

Web App Developer

Software Engineer

sr system programmer (mainframe middleware)

self-proclaimed software engineer

Code monkey.

Film editor.

iOS Developer in Bangkok

product manager

product manager

I'm Batman

postdoc

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