I think programmer vs software engineer is one of those semantic things that might sound witty but ultimately has little utility or shared agreement. Job listings use them interchangeably. I call myself a programmer in casual conversation because it's easier and I'd feel kind of pompous saying "software engineer", even though I'm firmly on the "software engineer" side at this point.
And it sounds a little incredulous for even a senior architect to go an entire week without opening an IDE. I'd be worried I'm working under someone out of touch, too far removed from the actualization of software. Isn't that how we got the EnterpriseBeanFactoryFactory stereotype? The best team leads and architects I know still spend a lot of their time coding. One famous example is Carmack.
And it sounds a little incredulous for even a senior architect to go an entire week without opening an IDE. I'd be worried I'm working under someone out of touch, too far removed from the actualization of software. Isn't that how we got the EnterpriseBeanFactoryFactory stereotype? The best team leads and architects I know still spend a lot of their time coding. One famous example is Carmack.