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Software Engineering
Writing and maintaining software in a product company, a services firm or a startup: features, bugs, tests, reviews, on-call. It is the most common destination for interns in the graph and one of the…
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Level
3
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Next: Senior Software Engineering
11% after ~5.4 years (n = 475)
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Next: Operations
9% after ~5.1 years (n = 394)
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Next: Data & Analytics
6% after ~4.1 years (n = 265)
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Next: Consulting
3% after ~4.8 years (n = 142)
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Skills
Microsoft Office, Html, Java, C++, Javascript, Sql
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Industries
Other, IT / Software, Manufacturing
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About
Writing and maintaining software in a product company, a services firm or a startup: features, bugs, tests, reviews, on-call. It is the most common destination for interns in the graph and one of the largest roles overall. Entry is a BTech, BCA or MCA campus placement, a bootcamp plus a strong portfolio, or a move from QA or DevOps. Bengaluru leads. The most common next step is senior software engineering after several years; JavaScript, HTML and Java are the skills the graph sees before it.
On your map
What it needs
- Microsoft Office
- Html
- Java
- C++
Steps
- Build one project with tests and a deploy, and put the code somewhere public.
- Practise data structures and problem solving for an hour a day; interviews still ask.
- Read a large open-source codebase for an hour a week and note how it is organised.
Skills
10- Microsoft OfficeOn 774 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
- Microsoft ExcelOn 617 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
- C++On 329 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- HtmlOn 320 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- JavaOn 303 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- SqlOn 277 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- JavascriptOn 248 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- MysqlOn 156 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- PythonOn 114 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering
- LinuxOn 108 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering
Where people go next
6- Senior Software EngineeringThe engineer others come to: owning systems, reviewing code, designing services, mentoring, and still shipping. Reached from software engineering after several years, usually at a product company or …
- OperationsMaking the business run: processes, people, vendors, targets, escalations. It is the largest role in the graph by volume and the destination most other roles move into, because it is where 'I know ho…
- Data & AnalyticsTurning business data into reports, dashboards and answers: SQL, Excel, a BI tool, and a lot of explaining to people who do not read charts. Entry is a graduate analyst role in a bank, consultancy, e…
- ConsultingClient projects in short, intense stretches: a problem, a deck, a recommendation, next client. Entry is usually a campus round at a strategy, Big Four or boutique firm, or a lateral move after a few …
- Academia / ResearchTeaching, lab work and papers, usually inside a university, an IIT/IISc-style institute or a research council lab. Early years are a Master's or PhD with a stipend, where the real skills are reading …
- Marketing & SalesGetting customers: field sales, inside sales, brand, digital and performance marketing, business development. It is one of the largest roles in the graph and a common first job after a BBA, BCom or M…
Degrees that lead here
46- B.A. in Computer Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 26%, Software Engineering 13%, Operations 11%
- B.A. in Design: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 45%, Design / UX 17%, Software Engineering 9%
- B.A. in Information Technology: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 15%, Software Engineering 11%, Marketing & Sales 10%
- B.A. in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 22%, Marketing & Sales 14%, Intern 13%
- B.A.: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 17%, Intern 16%, Operations 14%
- B.A. in Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 28%, Intern 19%, Operations 9%
- B.E. in Civil: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 46%
- B.E. in Computer Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 39%, Intern 16%, Operations 8%
- B.E. in Electronics: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 31%
- B.E. in Information Technology: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 19%, Software Engineering 16%
- B.E. in Liberal Arts: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 40%
- B.E. in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Intern 32%, Software Engineering 24%
- B.E. in Mechanical: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 34%
- B.E.: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 36%, Intern 21%, Operations 8%
- B.E. in Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 38%, Intern 18%, Operations 14%
- B.Sc in Computer Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 25%, Intern 13%, Operations 12%
- B.Sc in Information Technology: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 18%, Software Engineering 13%, Intern 11%
- B.Sc: first jobsMost common first roles: Operations 22%, Engineering Management 9%, Software Engineering 8%
- B.Sc in Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Marketing & Sales 17%, Operations 14%, Intern 11%
- B.Tech in Computer Science: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 29%, Intern 23%, Academia / Research 6%
- B.Tech in Information Technology: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 36%, Intern 22%, Academia / Research 7%
- B.Tech in Liberal Arts: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 38%
- B.Tech in Management: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 32%, Intern 30%, Academia / Research 8%
- B.Tech: first jobsMost common first roles: Software Engineering 27%, Intern 27%, Operations 10%
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Sources
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