Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

This is yet another job title that is constantly misused by recruiters.

Software Developer: another stupid job title that reveals the ignorance of those trying to hire people.

Yes, I am a software developer. No I don’t have ten years Java programming experience. Are you trying to hire a programmer or a software developer? Yes, there is more to developing software than programming. What more? Well, software development involves:

• requirements
• analysis
• design
• tradeoff analysis
• programming
• testing
• documenting
• integration
• and even management

Need I continue building the list?