What is the Chinese word for 'programmer'?

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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?

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 '14 at 15:13

score 14 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-11T02:14:39.790

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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)

edited Jul 11 '17 at 02:14

answered Jul 22 '14 at 14:12

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haha I like 程序猿, Homo programmatis under the class of homo http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sky6t/program-ape – Archeosudoerus Jul 22 '14 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 '14 at 07:56
@Cocowalla Yes, I think so. It's code monkey. – Jul 23 '14 at 08:12

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 12:59

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程序员 is widely used in China as “programmer”。

answered Jul 22 '14 at 12:59

Archeosudoerus

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 14:34

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软件工程师（軟件工程師） should be a good one.

answered Jul 22 '14 at 14:34

ChineseHulu.com

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This is what I normally say (or the Taiwanese variant 軟體工程師) – Matthew Rudy 马泰 Oct 20 '14 at 13:36
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This means 'software engineer', not 'programmer'. – imrek Dec 04 '15 at 19:29
Isn't this "software engineer", not "programmer"? – Blaszard Jul 24 '17 at 18:00

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 04:47

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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).

answered Jul 23 '14 at 04:47

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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 '14 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 '14 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 '14 at 14:09

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 10:01

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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.

answered Jul 23 '14 at 10:01

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 06:45

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

answered Jul 23 '14 at 06:45

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 04:40

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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).

answered Apr 03 '20 at 04:40

What is the Chinese word for 'programmer'?

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