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Which is still, in the end, making the computer what you want it to do – in a "do as I mean, not as I say" way.

I understand where you're coming from but a hobby "coder" making computer do little things is also 'translating requirements' and doing all the things a software engineer/code/programmer is doing.

If you still disagree, point me to a place where I can find some coders

As a job, at least. Programming does not exist exclusively in that realm, hence the demo scene.

Yes. Simply put, Software Engineering is Programming over time. As Calculus is to Algebra.

I get what you mean but calculus and algebra are quite distinct branches of mathematics..

And the argument is that software engineering is quite distinct from coding.

No, he said software engineering is just programming over time, so the two are not distinct at all.