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.