Career Opportunities in Software

More lucrative than the hardware domain, career opportunities in India in the field of software include:

• Computer Programming

Most people think software jobs means programming and coding. Salary package of a programmer is usually the fattest in the IT industry. People start off as a Junior Programmer and climb up the career ladder as a Programmer, Developer, Programmer Analyst, Team Leader, Project Leader and finally a Project Manager. Programming professionals need to keep themselves updated about the latest technologies in vogue such as C, C++, J2EE, .Net, Flash and database programming concepts such as Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server.

• Programming Analysis

A senior-level position to which a programmer or a developer graduates, a programmer analyst can be a technical or a non-technical person with an aptitude to communicate with both techies and clients with equal ease and mediate between then. Programming Analysis often requires an IT professional to talk to a client, understand his or her expectations from their software project, analyze it, and communicate it to technical team in a manner that project can be completed successfully and the client satisfaction is achieved.

• System and Enterprise Architecture

Certainly the highest paying IT job in India, System Architecture, Solution Architecture, and Enterprise Architecture is meant for the senior-most technical people in an IT company. To become a System Architect and move up to the level of Enterprise Architect, one should have at least seven to eight years of related work experience and a number of professional certifications related to particular job profiles of a person.

• Software Configuration

Software Configuration specialists set up the finished software product at clients' locations. They are responsible for ensuring that everything is done to ensure that the software is implemented properly and that it works fine. Software configuration professionals often work with in-house as well as client's programming and testing teams and well understand all the technicalities to make the software work. They also ensure that client has necessary software and hardware needed for the application as well as train end users on how to use the software at optimum level.

• Quality Testing

Today, when all the management practices are geared towards Six Sigma functionalities, quality testing has assumed an important role in the IT industry. There are companies that just do quality testing of different software products and ensure that they have no defects and that they meet the project requirements. To become quality tester, you should know how to work with testing tools and programs like Win Runner and Load Runner.

• Software Support Functions

Freshers in the IT industry generally find themselves placed in software support functions that partly include something of everything. Hence, they do some programming and some testing too. Normally, they are involved with the software at the stage when it is already up and running and only require minor changes from time to time. It is the responsibility of Software Support professionals to develop help for end-users of the software applications, fix bugs of the software and release updates to keep the software product in demand in the market from time to time.

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Source: Ruchi Shrimali (Shiksha Team)

Date: 18th May, 2011