Software Developer
Technology
Software developers design, code, test, and maintain applications and systems that run on computers, phones, and the web. They turn ideas into working software.
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent self-taught/bootcamp experience
Experiences
Coming soon
Why this career matters
Software is eating the world. Every industry needs developers. AI is changing what developers do (more architecture, less boilerplate) but increasing demand, not decreasing it. One of the few careers where you can build something from nothing with just a laptop.
What you actually do
A day in the life
Morning standup meeting with your team (15 min). Then deep work: writing code, reviewing pull requests, debugging. After lunch, maybe a design review with the product team. Afternoon: more coding, writing tests. The best part: seeing something you built go live and be used by real people.
Key skills
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Work environment
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