Software Developers — the 21st century’s most in-demand professionals
A complete overview of what software developers do.
Software developers (also known as coders or software engineers) develop software.
Since 2021, Software development is a sprawling field. There is a huge and growing variety of different kinds of software out there and it has all been built by software developers. But while all software is built from code and ultimately runs on the hardware of some kind, there is a vast world of variety within that.
i. There is the application software we are most used to interacting with as consumers and professionals.
ii. There is systems software that forms the layer between hardware like smartphones and laptops that application software runs on.
iii. There is embedded software essential to electronic devices and systems from household appliances to cars and industrial robotics. And that is just three of the main categories of the different kinds of software designed and coded by software developers.
Software developers share some fundamental knowledge and skills but also tend to be specialists in a particular kind of software, for example, user-facing application software or embedded software. And within those broad fields, software developers have a particular skill set (tech stack), such as the programming languages and frameworks they are experienced in.
This post will give you a broad overview of:
- What do Software Developers do?
- The different Categories of Software Developers
- How to become a software developer
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