Software career design: Beginner to Advanced

Career planning strategies for software engineers. Detailed analysis from fresh graduate perspective. A SDK for career!

Rating: 4.2 out of 5

4.2  (8 ratings)

7,004 students

Created by Subodh Chiwate

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

1. Differentiate between ambitious and impractical career opportunity selection.
2. Identify the shortcomings in existing skillset and fix them systematically without burnout..
3. Understanding impact of career decisions in longer term. Thinking beyond frameworks, languages.
4. Explaining individual appraisal goals from the perspective of seniors stakeholders involved in the software engineering processes.

Course content

7 sections • 60 lectures • 2h 52m total length

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Description

Software engineering is more about being human than about machines!

A career in software engineering is not the same as being good at coding. The field of software engineering has been evolving for decades. As the technology frontier gathers momentum professionals have to continuously recalibrate to fit in or they become obsolete even before they realize. This trend is inevitable. But, Is it avoidable?

Yes. Reinventing a career overnight is impossible but staying within competing distance is possible. The answer is the same old boring strategy, planning. One has to define a flexible framework to tackle changing times. The efforts to get a great professional life might cost personal space. Is this trade-off mandatory? 

No. Understanding the skill set, market fit, and opportunity cost can help in coming up with a practical career plan that doesn't overwhelm the personal life. A good career plan is a key to peace of mind in the chaotic universe of software. One doesn't have to plan every day of their career. One cannot keep boosting skills with certifications. Just having periodic checkpoints and a set of goals to look forward to are a great start.

Loans, pandemics, recessions, and many other factors will impede progress. Having a simple Plan B will ensure you have enough to get started again. Not all plans need to work, just the fallbacks shouldn't fail.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to analogies and ideas being used to express complex ideas later ideas in the course.

Section 2: A concrete overview of sub-domains of software engineering as a profession.

Section 3: A section dedicated to career planning for some aged 20-25

Immediate challenges.

Most probable role responsibilities.

10 Immediately applicable action items

5 things to avoid

Pointers to proactively choose transition

Book recommendations to enrich holistic perspective.

Section 4: Dedicated section for professionals aged between 26-30

Challenges

Role responsibilities

10 Action items

5 Don't

Proactive transition pointers

Personal experience from this stage

Book recommendations

Section 5: Dedicated to 31-35 years aged professionals

Challenges

Role Responsibilities

Action items

Things to avoid

Transition pointers

Book recommendations

Section 6: A perspective for 36+ years professionals

Challenges

Dos

Don'ts

Transition pointers

Book recommendations

Section 7: Closing remarks

A perspective about managing the unsuccessful phases of interview processes.

Key Takeaways:

✅ Understanding the software as a business hierarchy.

✅ Building a more holistic perspective around career.

✅ Learn to gauge competition and unpredictable factors at play.

✅ Starting kit to build a framework for future career planning

✅ Specific and relevant Do's and Don't that are applicable to all software engineering professionals irrespective of role, technologies, and geographies.

What this course doesn't address:

❌ Interview strategies to crack any particular interviews.

❌ Short-term advice to get higher salaries.

❌ Any unsolicited advice to advance a career.

❌ Any biased opinion about a particular technology, framework, language, or company.

Who this course is for:

• Software Engineers with 0-8 years of experience. More experience learners can use it as a tool to connect with their junior teammates.
• Anyone interested in starting a career in software or IT industry.
• Anyone looking to change jobs, moving to different tracks, or actively hiring.
• Sophomore, Post graduates, or anyone graduating in next couple of years.
• C++, Java, Python, Go, Rust, Kubernetes, Javascript, Terraform, Shell Script and all other programmers

Instructor : Subodh Chiwate

Software Engineer/Programmer (16+ years)

Subodh Chiwate

4.2 Instructor Rating

77 Reviews

19,079 Students

3 Courses

I am a programmer with MS in Electrical Engineering.

I have designed and implemented software solutions for Insurance, Email, Embedded Systems, Digital Cinema distribution, Distributed Systems, and Map Making domains. My master's thesis was a data acquisition system for a problem in the Astrophysics domain.

I find peace in exploring the connection between the How and Why around any technical problem. Over the years I have realized that research is a lifestyle and engineering is an attitude.

I enjoy content creation and video editing along with reading related to business, personal finance, economy, biographies, history, and programming/software engineering.

I would be creating courses around software engineering, personal finance, and programming. Most of the content will use C++, Java, Python, Go, and Rust.

The intent of all courses will be practical implementation and a long-term career perspective.

Your ideas and suggestions are always welcome.