subject: What Have You Already Learnt About Profession of Programmer? [print this page] What Have You Already Learnt About Profession of Programmer?
A program didn't want to work. A programmer sighed and went to check the string of codes. It is simple for a beginning programmer to find work in one of numerous firms. However professionals advise not to hurry up and try to be employed in the company developing the software. In the beginning of career salary is not rather big, but there are prospects of career growth and interesting business. It is possible to be employed not only for some private organizations, but for official body: design office, scientific research institute (for example to write operating systems for communication satellites). There is a big plus in this variant it is very interesting. And also there is an essential minus very low salary. Some choose a way of "freelance" programmers. They search and carry out orders independently. Their earnings depend only on own professionalism and business qualities. But their earnings are not stable. Pros of the Profession The most urgent IT-profession; Creative work, ability to create new software; Wide range of works; you can create software or adapt existing programs to contemporary needs; You will be able to become a game-developer and may be on one day the game written by you will be the most popular in the world; Creating software helping people with some physical challenges (for example, browser for blind or handless). Cons of the Profession Big competition of labor market; Eyes suffer heavily; The work needs gigantic attention and tolerance; Education is extremely hard, you will be sitting over your manuals and books days and nights. Think, are you ready for this? Taking into consideration all advantages and disadvantages of this profession, you can make right decision. Some people say that it is impossible to become a programmer, you must be born a programmer. Perhaps, you will be the one who will break this foolish stereotype?
