Why Do I See Software Development Job Titles as Nothing but Virtual Positions?

There are so various areas and people involved with software that “software development” phrase alone doesn’t give you enough perception about what the real job is. I proclaim that there are stereotypes in this field: code monkeys, every job developers, developers specialized in an area, revolutionary brains, problem solvers etc. They all share some characteristics, some behaviours, some little common knowledge. The mutual attribute is only the names. We all know that they can code. But they implement coding behaviour entirely in different ways.

I started to code with a fundamental function to find roots of a 2nd order equation and easily understood how programming can reduce the amount of time I’m spending on trivial calculations. The Internet was becoming widely available (at least in the community I was living). There was a technology boom, the access rate to the “new” were increasing wildly. I decided to learn as far as I can and in the end I became a giant language and framework addict, although I had no deep knowledge in anything. But it was driving me because, the particular technology I was interested in was helping me to turn my fancy ideas into concrete products. So, not for doing all for learning the technology’s itself doesn’t make me a software developer now? How dramatic.

Being a software developer with no purpose

It’d really taken me far too long to get aware of the ecosystem of a software-dominated system without formal education. However, before  I had reasons to learn, I had never dreamt of being a professional software developer – cause all alone it was meaningless, especially in a situation when software you’re bringing out doesn’t have any purpose other than making profit. Nobody does have dreams like being the greatest developer in this or that field. People like me usually tend to be remembered with

1. a groundbreaking product, a method changes the concepts, a more efficient way of doing things.
2. being a leader in a specific area to influence other people.

They put meaning into every single duty they are working. I personally don’t look programming jobs as jobs. It’s a great opportunity to access a company’s tools and existing audience to make differences quicker than forming a new start-up, gain respect and deal with financial stuff. But again with purpose, you always have the “If you’re not hiring me, I’ll be doing the same on my own” advantage under the belt obviously. Read the rest of this entry »