Careers in software development

Careers in Software DevelopmentWhat kind of jobs are there and how can I get a job doing that?Chad Green / December 6, 2012

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Who Am I?

• Technical Delivery Team Manager for HP Enterprise Services– Manage 63 software development professionals in 8 different states

• President and Conference Chairman for Code PaLOUsa– Annual software development conference with 500+ attendees in Louisville

• Coordinator for the Louisville .NET Meetup– Group that meets monthly to talk about new Microsoft .NET-based technologies and

practices• Marine Corps Veteran

– Served with an F/A-18D squadron• Dad

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Fundamentals

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What is Software?

• Collection of computer programs and related data that provides the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it

• Programs are an ordered sequence of instructions for changing the state of the computer in particular sequence

• Software is usually written in high-level programming languages that are easier and more efficient for humans to use than machine language

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Types of Software

• System software– Designed to operate the computer hardware, to provide basic functionality, and to

provide a platform for running application software– Includes computer BIOS, operating systems (Windows, MAC OS, etc.), and device

drivers (controls things like printers)• Programming software

– Tools that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications

– Includes simple programs such as compilers, debuggers, interpreters, linkers, and text editors, that can be combined to accomplish a task – just like using multiple hand tools to fix something

– Intended to assist a programmer in writing computer programs• Application software

– Developed to perform any tasks that benefits from computation– Set of programs that allow the computer to perform a specific data process job for the

user

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It’s more than you think

What is Software Development?

• Software development is the process of developing software through successive phases in an orderly way

• Includes not only the actual writing of code, but also– Preparation of requirements and objectives– Design of what is to be coded– Confirmation that what is developed has met objectives

• Software developed for a variety of purposes– Most common is to meet specific needs to a specific customer– To meet a perceived need of some set of potential users– Personal use

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Software Development Lifecycle

Planning

Design

Development

Testing

Implementation

Maintenance

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Software Development Team

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Lots of people make up a typical software development effort

There is no I in Software Development Team• Some software is developed by a single person, but that software generally only does a

one or a few things• The more complicated the software, the more people on the team• Most team range from 5 to 15 people, some teams can be 100’s of people• Typical team includes the following roles

– Project Manager– Technical Leader– Requirements Analyst– Software Developer (Programmer)– Software Tester– Technical Support

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Careers in Software DevelopmentSubtitle (18 pt. HP Simplified)Chad Green/ December 6, 2012

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