How much did you learn from real world programming Vs. what you were tought in school? If you were you to go back what will be the 1 thing that you would change or work on it more? and how was your transition from book knowledge to real world?
What do employers expect from an entry-level programmer?
Honestly I am kinda freaking out that after next semester I will be looking for an IT job, probably a programmer as most people start, and I want to have a clear idea on what to expect and be kinda ready, so any advice will be much appreciated.
Sorry its a long question.
2007-07-06 09:19:00 · 6 answers · asked by nino 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
You will learn loads more in the real world
The people that you will work with are a great source of help and you will learn lots of tricks and short cuts that they dont teach you in school!
Dont worry, if you are willing to learn and keep an open mind you will be fine...
Good luck
2007-07-06 09:23:24 · answer #1 · answered by dash 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do employers expect from an entry-level programmer?
It depends on where you get hired.
Lots of places you go in and are maintaining existing code. We have Cobol applications way older than any of the people updating them.
Others you might be hired as the only programmer. In that case the employer expects you to know and do all.
2007-07-06 18:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by Lorenzo H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
School was useful for a lot of the basics, and a good overall background. A lot of the "art" of programming -- good design, various object-oriented techniques that make the software easier to maintain and adapt -- were learned on the job.
Not sure I would change much about my own background. One thing that helped was that I did a fair amount of programming on my own outside of classwork. I was a programmer for the computer science department of the school, to help pay my school expenses, for example, and learned a lot doing that.
These days, I hire entry-level programmers from time to time. What I am expecting is a positive attitude, a willingness to learn new things, and a solid overall background in computer science. Some level of maturity or seriousness about work is also important. But for entry-level positions, the expectations are not much more than that.
I don't expect entry-level programmers to take on large projects from design to implementation on their own. I do expect our more experienced programmers to work with them, and mentor them, and increase their skills to the point where they will eventually be able to do that. But that is a growth process that can take several years.
2007-07-06 16:24:33 · answer #3 · answered by McFate 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think one of the best things you could do would be to build up a portfolio on your programs that you have. If you have not created any custom program of your own then you should start creating some to show to the employers that you can write code. In your coding be sure to really document your code and what it does.
Hope this helps.
2007-07-06 16:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Steve R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do employers expect from an entry-level programmer???
be intelligent, learn their system, ask questions, dont be an ***
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2007-07-06 16:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by tony cool 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-07-06 16:21:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋