Career path for a developer; requests for opinions
Dear skunks and skunkette developers, I would like to know, from your personal experiences, the path taken by a developer in their career progression, and if possible, the changes over time in the number of zeros in your remuneration, roughly in the following format: 1. What languages, tools and technologies were you using when u started out 2. What languages, tools and technologies are you using now 3. How many jobs have you had over then, and what generally were you doing 4. How has your salo/income changed over the same period I find myself in a situation where I need to advice impressionable minds on the same. Much thanks!
I don't want to sound mean but your email sounds to me like you are conducting some sort of survey. Anyway, I don't think you will get a reasonably useful answer to serve as advice. I propose you tell us what u are good in, and where you think you want to be some time in the future. then we can tell you what are the hot technologies now and how the software development landscape is shaped in the next couple of years. and then you can position yourself appropriately. soy. On 24 June 2010 19:34, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear skunks and skunkette developers, I would like to know, from your personal experiences, the path taken by a developer in their career progression, and if possible, the changes over time in the number of zeros in your remuneration, roughly in the following format:
1. What languages, tools and technologies were you using when u started out 2. What languages, tools and technologies are you using now 3. How many jobs have you had over then, and what generally were you doing 4. How has your salo/income changed over the same period
I find myself in a situation where I need to advice impressionable minds on the same.
Much thanks!
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Thanks for the info. To clarify, this is not a survey. I got contacted by some folks from the college I went to, they wanted some advice in regards to a career in the software side of IT. I didn't want to use myself as a case study but still wanted to give them inside information from the people who are inside the industry. I did a bit of research, ITJobsWatch <http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/> gave the answers i wanted, for UK. Then came across this post from Fog Creek Software<http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=23012>which formed my question to skunks. To be more specific; should I be becoming a guru in MySQL, SQL Server or Oracle? Should I become a .Net wiz or are my chances better with the PHP, Perl and Python. If I go the desktop development route, who leads the pack; Java, C#, VB.Net? If it is mobile apps, J2ME or WML? Or can I throw all of the above out of the window and go the route less travelled: NetApp, Sharepoint etc Where I (or the kids i'll be talking to) am right now: Fresh out of college with a basic degree/diploma in IT Where I want to be in 2 to 3 years: Earning more than 100k per month working in or with software Where I want to be in 5 to 7 years: Not much hands on work, integration kind of stuff, consulting etc, kinda like the things SevenSeasTech does. What I am good in: Nothing in particular, but just finished college and not really dump thus can learn new stuff quickly Political alignments: Non-existent. Like a typical college grad, girls, money and machines interest me most.
thats a hard question Man...languages keep changing and evolving therefore what maybe hot today, tommorrow will be new one...remuneration hardly depends on the language but on your skills...how fast can u produce a good product or solve a problem....salo/income...well...ive come to learn and accept salo and income as good as your skill are also depend alot on the Government of the day and where your loyalties etc lie especially in an employed position...you need to politically re-allign urself... On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear skunks and skunkette developers, I would like to know, from your personal experiences, the path taken by a developer in their career progression, and if possible, the changes over time in the number of zeros in your remuneration, roughly in the following format:
1. What languages, tools and technologies were you using when u started out 2. What languages, tools and technologies are you using now 3. How many jobs have you had over then, and what generally were you doing 4. How has your salo/income changed over the same period
I find myself in a situation where I need to advice impressionable minds on the same.
Much thanks!
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this might help http://www.indiangeek.net/wp-content/uploads/Programmer%20competency%20matri... On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Eric Mugo <kabugum@gmail.com> wrote:
thats a hard question Man...languages keep changing and evolving therefore what maybe hot today, tommorrow will be new one...remuneration hardly depends on the language but on your skills...how fast can u produce a good product or solve a problem....salo/income...well...ive come to learn and accept salo and income as good as your skill are also depend alot on the Government of the day and where your loyalties etc lie especially in an employed position...you need to politically re-allign urself...
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear skunks and skunkette developers, I would like to know, from your personal experiences, the path taken by a developer in their career progression, and if possible, the changes over time in the number of zeros in your remuneration, roughly in the following format:
1. What languages, tools and technologies were you using when u started out 2. What languages, tools and technologies are you using now 3. How many jobs have you had over then, and what generally were you doing 4. How has your salo/income changed over the same period
I find myself in a situation where I need to advice impressionable minds on the same.
Much thanks!
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