Whats better, Programmer, or Engineer?

Whats better, Programmer or Engineer?





I love to build things, I fact building things and hot gluing thigs, and figuring out how to construct all different kinds of things even like bongs and water bongs ect.





Putting together computer taking them apart.





Now what I do with programming is mainly math since I just started out with C++ and I have the book and the compiler for Java, and I am also interested in working with code for BlueTooth, but that might be a long time from now.





Another thing is is that I only know how to do small programs with C++ and I can only program with iostream.h, but what Id like to do is start programming with windows.h.





The windows.h thing is very very hard, and even when I open a new source file with BloodSheds DEV C++ it looks very confusing...





But with programming, I really like programming, ...





Based on what I've told you, what do you think?





Programming:


HTML, JavaScript, Java 2, and C++





Engineering:


Build Bongs, construct things, ect ect ect...

Whats better, Programmer, or Engineer?
This is m own personal preference.





My own experience is that programming, cutting endless lines of code does not hold the same challenge as engineering. There are some rather boring aspects to programming (but I guess the same holds true in engineering. Just I see less of it there).





There will be dozens of programers who will rip this comment to pieces based on their personal experiences and I expect and respect that.





However, if I had my time again I would not hesitate to choose engineering. Both are creative; both pay well if you are even half decent at whatever you choose. You seem to straddle both areas, so ask lots of people and look at some of the practical aspects of each - the day to day stuff and decide from there.





I would NOT put bong building as your first achievement on your CV.
Reply:Bad boy, bad boy,


Whatcha gonna do?


Whatcha gonna do


When they come for you?





Or are you not aware that building bongs and smoking tools is against the law?





From everything that you write, I foresee a strong career future for you in the Fast Food industry after you get out of jail.
Reply:I'm an engineer and I use programming to get engineering results. So my opinion is that you can be both at the same time. And personally I'd give a bit of weightage to engineering for that is more challenging and satisfying.





For example you would need good concepts and some experience if you were to design a digital filter. But I can get a newbie write the code for that filter given the inputs, required outputs and the logic. It doesnt matter if the language is C++, VB or Java. A good engineer can consider programming as tool.
Reply:You know, there is a lot to remember in engineering too, if you are having trouble remembering what you need to for programming, you might have some trouble. First thing to do is put down the bong.


While she was a bit snarky, Aviophage might be right.