Tech District
🖥️ Software Developer
Developers write, test, and maintain the code behind apps, websites, and internal tools. Let's look at how someone gets there.
What they do
- Turn requirements into code
- Test and debug
- Review teammates' work
- Ship and monitor releases
Skills you use
- Logic
- Persistence
- Reading documentation
- Collaboration
School subjects that help
Training steps
- Coding practice projects
- Internships
- Open-source contributions
Certifications & licenses
- Cloud platform certificates
- Security certificates
Every route in
- Education or training
- Degree, bootcamp, apprenticeship, or self-taught portfolio.
- College path
- Computer science or information systems degree.
- Trade or apprenticeship path
- Bootcamps and registered tech apprenticeships.
- Ownership path
- Freelance development and software products.
The path from today
- TodayStudy Computer Science & Coding, Mathematics, Career & College Readiness.
- Skills to buildLogic · Persistence · Reading documentation · Collaboration
- Training stepsCoding practice projects → Internships → Open-source contributions
- Education or trainingDegree, bootcamp, apprenticeship, or self-taught portfolio.
- Certifications & licensesCloud platform certificates · Security certificates
- CareerSoftware Developer
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What now
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