What would you do as a Software developer?
Software developers
- usually work regular business hours but may work weekends and evenings or be on call
- usually work in offices
- need to be methodical, accurate and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- write code for computer software and applications
- maintain computer software and applications
- discuss clients' computer program needs
- develop program specifications
- run tests to check systems work
- fix problems found in programs
- upgrade existing software
- manage program updates and releases
- document technical details and changes
- learn new tools and technologies
How can you become a Software developer?
You usually need a qualification to become a software developer and experience may be useful.
You may need
- to complete a training course with an IT organisation like Dev Academy
- an advanced certificate or diploma in software engineering and computer science
- experience in similar work
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
