Comment by gravypod

It depends on what you're optimizing for. I like to think of it this way. A good "programmer" can take ideas and turn them into working software that is performant enough, meets all of the requirements, etc. This is a mostly static operation. A good "engineer" can take ideas and turn them into working software that can be changed, updated, and maintained for years to decades by multiple programmers.

There are code bases at my current employer that are entirely "ok" and still being worked on from before I was able to spell my name. Projects that have had continued development for >20 years by armies of engineers and the code is still readable and simple to understand.