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programmer

[proh-gram-er] / ˈproʊ græm ər /
NOUN
computer geek
Synonyms
WEAK
computer specialist engineer guru hacker techie
NOUN
cyberpunk
Synonyms
STRONG
engineer geek hacker
WEAK
computer nerd
NOUN
hacker
Synonyms
STRONGEST
operator technician
WEAK
application programmer computer architect computer designer computer jock key puncher systems analyst systems engineer systems programmer systems software specialist

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That is a sign of the real threat that AI tools for writing code represent to jobs such as software developer, computer engineer and programmer, posts once considered a near-guarantee of highly paid, stable careers.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

In any other system, the programmer would have had to rewrite the code and recompile a huge block of the program, maybe even all of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

He’s a part-time programmer, landlord and fixes cars.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

"That's my main task right now," said Volodymyr Khokhlov, a 32-year-old AI programmer who walked up to one of the buzzing machines with a smile.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

At fifty years old and many years into her second career, she reinvented herself as a computer programmer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly