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Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career

You're reading from   Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career 65 steps to becoming a better developer

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787287037
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface I. Coder Skills FREE CHAPTER II. Freelancer Skills III. Career Skills Index

Chapter 48. How to Choose a Developer Specialty?

Through many years of training developers, I've discovered that it's vital for coders to decide about their specialty and focus. In this chapter, I'll share with you how I personally view the different developer directions and areas of expertise that are available.

You'll quite possibly make this choice more than once in your career as a developer, so I recommend that you always observe and be aware of the choices that can be made in your career.

How to choose a developer specialty?

The world of software development is so vast that it's impossible for someone to master every aspect of the process. Consider if I approached a world-class track and field coach and said that I wanted to train for the Olympics and win a gold medal in track and field. The coach would most likely give me a once over and chuckle to himself. But after that his first question would be: "What event do you want to train in?"...

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