Are you an aspiring Software Developer?

Do you want to build your skills to become a Software Developer?

I recently uploaded the video on my youtube channel which explains everything in detail but in this article, I wanted to summarize the video. I will tell you about the various skills needed and how you can build a strong portfolio to become a Software Developer. I have specially made this video for Computer Science students.

A career in Computer Science

I start the video by explaining about the different career options after completing your graduation. There are many options such as

• Software Engineer
• Software Developer
• Web Developer
• Full-Stack Developer
• Mobile Application Developer

These are the most common and high paid jobs. So I'm going to tell you how you can become one of the best developers by acquiring the right skills and what are the things you need to do right now to stand out from the rest.

Software Developer Interviews

I'm currently interviewing software developers from India and in the USA as well. My friends are working for Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon, etc they have mentioned that they don't focus on specific programming language but instead focus on

Problem Solving Skill

You need to think out of the box and generate new ideas to solve a problem. So now you might be wondering about how to develop this skill and help the company to finish a certain task by generating new ideas. I highly recommend you to read these books to crack the interview.

1) Cracking The Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann Mcdowell. (Focuses on Algorithms and Data Structures)

2) The Pragmatic Programmer by Davis Thomas and Andrew Hunt. (Focuses on solving real-world problems)

If you are not financially equipped to buy these books then you can register to these websites which help you to kickstart your career as a Software Developer. In fact, most of the companies give the exact same problem to solve in the interviews.

1) Leetcode.com

2) HackerRank.com

If you are still in 11th or 12th grade and if you want to pursue your career or if you haven't learned any programming language then you need to understand the basic concepts. You need to understand how the web works as everything is web right now, there are only a few companies that are going to work on a desktop version. The companies will provide you a web solution and everything is on the web. So basically there are three components of web i.e

1) Front End

Anything and Everything that you see on a website.

2) Back End

When you click something on a website and the result of it is taken care of by the Back End.

3) DataBase

It is where all the information is stored. Backend fetches the information from the database and provides it to the front end.

So, let me explain the components by comparing it with Day to Day situation.

I recommend you to buy the books so you will click on the link which is given in the description box and find the book in the store. After finding the book, you'll click on Add To Cart, a request goes from the front end to the backend when you click on Add To Cart. The backend takes this request and checks if the book is available or not. The information is fetched from the database by the BackEnd about the availability, price, and discount of the book. The information is then displayed at the front end, so now the customer reviews everything and makes the payment.

So now you might be thinking that what type of engineer you need to become to kickstart your career, I recommend that you become a Full Stack developer as it has more value and the companies are looking for the candidates who are well versed with Front End, Back End, and Database. It will help you to stand out from the rest and you will get highly paid for the job as the market demand is high for Full Stack Developers.

I highly recommend you to watch the video, make notes and start preparing for your future. Go check out the full video on YouTube and go through the description box for the Ebook links and other website links.

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