Informatics 43 – June 2, 2016
Being a software engineer Programmer Developer Programming Network Engineer Application Engineer Web Developer Front End, Back End Database Administrator Systems Architect Product Manager UX/UI Designer QA Engineer Business Analyst Interaction Designer
As a career The good The bad The ugly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt79JcPfZQA Day in the Life: Software Engineer The bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demdap2SzKA iOS Software Engineer, Brad is Working at Comcast The ugly http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html?_r=0 Pink Slips at Disney
Is it right for you? Myers-Briggs personality test ESTJ: extraversion, sensing, thinking, judgment INFP: introversion, intuition, feeling, perception ISTJ: typical programmer? Why Don’t More People Work As Programmers? http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/10/31/why-dont-more-people-work-as-programmers/
You could do worse America’s 10 Least Stressful Jobs http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/09/overworked-make-a-leap-to-americas-10-least-stressful-jobs/ http://imgur.com/a/a1hXG