Computer Programmers
Create, modify, and test the code, forms, and script that allow computer applications to run. Work from specifications drawn up by software developers or other individuals. May assist software developers by analyzing user needs and designing software solutions. May develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information.
Also called: Analyst Programmer, Computer Programmer, Programmer, Programmer Analyst
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Abilites:
- read and understand what is written
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Independence
- Achievement/Effort
Technology:
Development environment software
- Eclipse IDE
- Microsoft PowerShell
Object or component oriented development software
Web platform development software
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Microsoft ASP.NET
