1. Introduction Every morning, thousands of people across the world wake up and immediately grab their phones. Some do it to silence an alarm, some check their social media accounts, and others immediately resume where they left off last night with their favorite game. Even though all of these people are doing different things, they all share one thing in common: they are only able to do what they are doing because of software developers. Software developers are people who design and program software that makes our applications and bundles of hardware function. I’m interested in researching this occupation because, as a child of the information era, I was exposed to several pieces of technology daily, which ultimately lead to me becoming
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Needless to say, software developers require high level computer skills to operate, implement, and create new programs. As obvious as this is, these skills are highly important to a software developer’s success. Most employers will take experience into account when hiring a software developer, and they’re more likely to pick someone who has been coding for a long while, because without programming skills, your software you create will fail. Some other skills that they need, according to the Job Outlook Handbook are: analytical skills to analyze and meet needs, creative skills to bring forth new out of the box solutions to meet needs and create new software, and multitasking skills so they can pay attention to detail while working on multiple parts of a software (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Some other skills required by software developers are perseverance and time management. As with many other jobs, deadlines have to be met, and when the task is creating a new product from scratch or improving upon one, things can get pretty stressful. Long hours are very common in this field, and when a software developer’s work hours are already full time, which is forty hours a week, you’d be hard pressed to accomplish things if you struggled to manage your time properly (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Lastly, they need social skills …show more content…
Both software development jobs have high individual growth rates and conjoined growth rates. According to O*Net, application based software developers were projected to grow more than fourteen percent between the years of 2014 and 2024 (“15-1132.00 – Software Developers, Applications”) and system based software developers were projected to grow anywhere from nine to thirteen percent in the same years (“15-1133.00 – Software Developers, System Software”). Both of these numbers predict above average growth. This is most likely because of required technological upgrades and new inventions that require software. New faults are found in devices every day, and more and more devices are being converted to using software often. This need for improvement in an already rapidly developing industry is only benefits the job outlook of a software developer. This job will most likely always be in demand as long as we are still advancing. Between a few different sources, the job outlook varies by a percent or two, but all sources place it at growing at an above average rate. This makes me feel secure about wanting a job as a developer because if I can prove myself as a good developer, there should be a spot open for me to start
Needless to say, software developers require high level computer skills to operate, implement, and create new programs. As obvious as this is, these skills are highly important to a software developer’s success. Most employers will take experience into account when hiring a software developer, and they’re more likely to pick someone who has been coding for a long while, because without programming skills, your software you create will fail. Some other skills that they need, according to the Job Outlook Handbook are: analytical skills to analyze and meet needs, creative skills to bring forth new out of the box solutions to meet needs and create new software, and multitasking skills so they can pay attention to detail while working on multiple parts of a software (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Some other skills required by software developers are perseverance and time management. As with many other jobs, deadlines have to be met, and when the task is creating a new product from scratch or improving upon one, things can get pretty stressful. Long hours are very common in this field, and when a software developer’s work hours are already full time, which is forty hours a week, you’d be hard pressed to accomplish things if you struggled to manage your time properly (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Lastly, they need social skills …show more content…
Both software development jobs have high individual growth rates and conjoined growth rates. According to O*Net, application based software developers were projected to grow more than fourteen percent between the years of 2014 and 2024 (“15-1132.00 – Software Developers, Applications”) and system based software developers were projected to grow anywhere from nine to thirteen percent in the same years (“15-1133.00 – Software Developers, System Software”). Both of these numbers predict above average growth. This is most likely because of required technological upgrades and new inventions that require software. New faults are found in devices every day, and more and more devices are being converted to using software often. This need for improvement in an already rapidly developing industry is only benefits the job outlook of a software developer. This job will most likely always be in demand as long as we are still advancing. Between a few different sources, the job outlook varies by a percent or two, but all sources place it at growing at an above average rate. This makes me feel secure about wanting a job as a developer because if I can prove myself as a good developer, there should be a spot open for me to start