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What it takes to be a Software Engineer and What are the Career Opportunities?

Since software engineering involves a diverse range of tasks and job descriptions, it is necessary for all the aspiring software engineers to research the field well before taking up a degree or diploma course for a particular career path.<br>

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What it takes to be a Software Engineer and What are the Career Opportunities?

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  1. W h a t i t t a k e s t o b e a S o f t w a r e E n g i n e e r a n d W h a t a r e t h e C a r e e r O p p o r t u n i t i e s ? S o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g i s o n e o f t h e m o s t c o v e t e d a n d f a s t - g r o w i n g o c c u p a t i o n s w i t h a b i g f a t s a l a r y p o t e n t i a l . R i g h t f r o m h i g h l y c o m p l e x c o m p u t e r o p e r a t i n g p r o g r a m m e s t o g a m i n g , a l a r g e n u m b e r o f p r o d u c t s t h a t w e p u t r e l i a n c e i n t o d a y a r e b a c k e d b y s o f t w a r e . S o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r s p o s s e s s s p e c i a l i z e d p r o f e s s i o n a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s e i t h e r i n c o m p u t e r s o f t w a r e s y s t e m s o r c o m p u t e r s o f t w a r e a p p l i c a t i o n s . T h e y m a k e a c o m p r e h e n s i v e a n a l y s i s o f t h e u s e r ’ s r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d t h e m d e s i g n , d e v e l o p a n d t e s t s o f t w a r e p r o g r a m m e s b y a p p l y i n g p r i n c i p l e s a n d t h e o r i e s o f m o d e r n c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e w i t h m a t h e m a t i c a l a n a l y s i s . A s c o m p u t e r s a n d i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y h a s b e c o m e a p a r t a n d p a r c e l o f o u r e v e r y d a y l i v e s , t h e n e e d f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f n e w s o f t w a r e i s c o n s t a n t . S o f t w a r e E n g i n e e r R e q u i r e m e n t s D e g r e e L e v e l B a c h e l o r ' s d e g r e e ; s o m e e m p l o y e r s m a y p r e f e r a m a s t e r ' s d e g r e e t o o – D e g r e e F i e l d – C o m p u t e r s c i e n c e , s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g , o r r e l a t e d f i e l d K e y S k i l l s § A n a l y t i c a l a b i l i t y § P r o b l e m - s o l v i n g § T e a m w o r k a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s k i l l s § C r e a t i v i t y a n d a t t e n t i o n t o d e t a i l § F a m i l i a r i t y w i t h d a t a b a s e m a n a g e m e n t § D e v e l o p m e n t e n v i r o n m e n t & § P r o g r a m t e s t i n g

  2. H o w t o B e c o m e a S o f t w a r e E n g i n e e r ? S i n c e s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g i n v o l v e s a d i v e r s e r a n g e o f t a s k s a n d j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s , i t i s n e c e s s a r y f o r a l l t h e a s p i r i n g s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r s t o r e s e a r c h t h e f i e l d w e l l b e f o r e t a k i n g u p a d e g r e e o r d i p l o m a c o u r s e f o r a p a r t i c u l a r c a r e e r p a t h . S o f t w a r e E n g i n e e r i n g : C o u r s e s a n d D u r a t i o n A m y r i a d o f c o u r s e s a r e o f f e r e d i n t h e f i e l d o f s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g a t B a c h e l o r ’ s a n d M a s t e r ’ s l e v e l : § B . T e c h i n C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e & E n g i n e e r i n g – 4 y e a r s d u r a t i o n § B . T e c h i n C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e w i t h S p e c i a l i z a t i o n i n S o f t w a r e D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m – 4 y e a r s d u r a t i o n § B C A – 3 y e a r s d u r a t i o n § M . T e c h i n C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e & E n g i n e e r i n g – 2 y e a r s d u r a t i o n § M C A – 3 y e a r s d u r a t i o n A b a c h e l o r ’ s d e g r e e i s t h e c r i t e r i a f o r a l m o s t a l l s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g j o b s . F o r m o r e c h a l l e n g i n g , i n t r i g u i n g a n d c o m p l e x j o b s , a m a s t e r ’ s d e g r e e m i g h t b e r e q u i r e d . A s e m p l o y e r s g i v e i m p o r t a n c e t o r e l e v a n t e x p e r i e n c e , i t i s g o o d f o r a s p i r a n t s t o t a k e a n a c t i v e p a r t i n i n t e r n s h i p s w h i l e p u r s u i n g t h e i r e n g i n e e r i n g d e g r e e . S o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r s g e n e r a l l y m a j o r i n : § C o m p u t e r s c i e n c e § C o m p u t e r i n f o r m a t i o n s y s t e m s § S o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g o r m a t h e m a t i c s . O n e c a n a l s o o p t f o r p r o g r a m m i n g a n d s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g t o s u p p l e m e n t a p a r t i c u l a r d e g r e e i n a n y o t h e r f i e l d t h a t i n c l u d e s a c c o u n t i n g , b u s i n e s s o r f i n a n c e .

  3. W h a t e v e r m a j o r s t u d e n t s c h o o s e , i t i s m a n d a t o r y f o r t h e m t o h a v e : § B a s i c u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f I T a n d c o m p u t e r s y s t e m s § A k n a c k f o r t e c h n i c a l p r o b l e m s o l v i n g § G o o d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s k i l l s i n b o t h t e c h n i c a l a n d n o n - t e c h n i c a l d o m a i n s § K n o w l e d g e a b o u t d e v e l o p m e n t p r o c e s s s t a n d a r d s a n d n o r m s § A b i l i t y t o c a r r y o u t s o f t w a r e r e q u i r e m e n t s a n a l y s i s § K n o w l e d g e a b o u t a l l p r o c e d u r e s f o r c o d i n g r e v i e w a n d t e s t i n g § E x p e r t i s e i n a t l e a s t o n e p r o g r a m m i n g l a n g u a g e § A b i l i t y a n d f l e x i b i l i t y t o a d a p t t o n e w t e a m m e m b e r s , p r o j e c t r e q u i r e m e n t s , a n d d i f f e r e n t t e c h n i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t s C a r e e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i n g : W i t h t h e a p p r o p r i a t e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , a s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r i s a b l e t o o c c u p y a p o w e r f u l p o s i t i o n i n a l m o s t a n y i n d u s t r y . D e s i g n a t i o n s a v a i l a b l e f o r c o m p e t e n t s o f t w a r e e n g i n e e r s i n c l u d e t h e f o l l o w i n g : § S o f t w a r e E x e c u t i v e § S o f t w a r e P r o g r a m m e r § S o f t w a r e D e s i g n e r § S o f t w a r e D e v e l o p e r § P r o j e c t M a n a g e r § S y s t e m D e s i g n e r § I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m M a n a g e r , a n d m a n y m o r e

  4. While IT companies lead the salary package in hiring software professionals, government organizations, non-profit organizations, healthcare industry, transit, and logistics organizations, and various others, none can do without software professionals. Therefore, the opportunities are endless.

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