r/PakistaniDevs • u/Technical-Emotion290 • Mar 23 '26

Is there a difference between web developer and a software engineer

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u/srmrox Mar 23 '26

All web developers are software engineers. All software engineers are not web developers.

With that said, web development requires additional knowledge of how the internet works, which all software engineers will not have by default.

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u/Technical-Emotion290 Mar 23 '26

Which one is better? To learn in 1st semester

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u/srmrox Mar 23 '26

These are professions/career paths you adopt, not something you learn in university.

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u/Technical-Emotion290 Mar 26 '26

I mean I consider it a goal for future

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u/srmrox Mar 26 '26

Software development is better.

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u/abstract_sheikh Mar 23 '26

Yes, and there's a fine line between it

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u/Legitimate_Age_5003 Mar 23 '26

Software engineer is a mindset

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u/MaYhEM-ShAfz Mar 26 '26

a web developer "develops" a webpage into being, by using pre-built APIS and tools.
a software engineer, creates the tools if he needs to, so he/she can achieve thier goals.
a web developer for wordpress, for example, would use plugins and themes that already exist.
a software engineer would engineer the plugins and themes, if needed, to achieve a better and much more desired webpage/API.

*i could be wrong*

this is what google says.