A career in software by Barry Cranford

A career in software

Junior BA

Mid level BA

Penetration/Security Tester

Craftsman

Apprentice

A new movement has begun in the development industry known as the "software craftsmanship". It was set up to create awareness for the problems that exist within the industry

conferences

Devoxx

User Groups

How to find them

JavaWUG

LJC

Podcasts

independent

associated with one of the communities below

Technical Community

Professional Bodies

Online

email mailing lists

What I am hoping to create is a tree diagram instead of a mindmap but this seems the best place to start. I am basically hoping to understand the different routes available to people within software. This is to help Grads and people coming in to the industry to firstly gain an understand of the options currently available to them, and secondly to gain an idea where those options may lead. I hope to eventually use this map or a similar one to be a starting point to much more information on each discipline

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What to do from here

What is this

A career in software

School

Types of companies

Product/Solution companies

Non-IT Companies

Consultancies

Small Business

One-Person or Self Employued

Understanding the industry

Open Source Software

Movements