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SOFTWARE ENGINEER VS. PROGRAMMER: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

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While the tech unemployment rate rests at  1.3% , recruiters are scrambling to find, hire and retain strong candidates. In order to bring in the right people, you need to know who you’re looking for first. The  demand for software engineers  is on the rise, but the role is often conflated with programmer and developer positions. While it’s ultimately up to the employer’s discretion on how to title open roles, tech recruiters should understand some of the commonly discussed differences. In this article, we’ll distinguish software engineers from programmers and highlight six key differences between these roles. Use this resource to  recruit smarter  and source better tech candidates. Table of Contents What Is a Software Engineer? What Is a Programmer? What Is the Difference Between a Software Engineer and Programmer? WHAT IS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER? A software engineer is often called a developer, but IT professionals and  te...

Is Python enough to get you a job?

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No. Just Python will not be enough to land a job.  You need 5 more things. . 1. Companies don’t hire a Python dev. They hire a problem-solver. If you have learned X and can’t do Y with the concepts you learned from X, you will not get hired. It’s impossible to know what problems you have to solve when you get hired or what problem you will be solving 2/3 years from now. That’s why companies look for people who can take any problem and solve it by using coding techniques. For example, you have learned the dictionary data structure. Now, if I give you a new situation (car dealership, book club, grocery store, or bank software, etc.) and you don’t know how to use the dictionary data structure in that situation, you will not get hired. So, Don’t just learn coding. Pay attention to why you are doing certain things. What else you could do to solve the problem. Solve as many problems as possible. If you are beginners, check out  Programming Hero  to learn and mas...

Jobs for Android developers are fast increasing than iOS

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If you hang around software engineers long enough you will notice a pattern that there are few mobile developers compared to web devs and this is a situation that is way too broad and hard to digest in this article. However,   the new report from job-seeking platform Indeed  has given aspiring mobile devs well enough reasons to take up the opportunity and market themselves as Android developers. Not only because the competition is low, but also employers are showing immense interest in hiring them as well. According to the report, there have been fewer searches for iOS app developers as compared to Android app developers. From May 2018 to May 2019, the search fell by 25.61% for iOS developers, whereas it has been 26.34% for Android developers. A decline of job searchers of mobile developer position by the job seekers has been witnessed on the job site, reducing by 32.89%. Employers are now showing their interest in hiring mobile app developers, as an increa...