Question

Software Developers can add tremendous value to an organization by the applications they build. What do you think the core elements are to being a good software developer. What do you need to be good at from a technical perspective? What kind of personality traits make a good software developer?

please elaborate as much as you can (i need like 500 words). Thank you.

Answer 1

The core elements of good or great software developer are:

• Curiosity and passion.
• Mandatory Technical and Analytical Mindset.
• Love towards learning and new opportunities.
• Adaptability.
• Should possess positive attitude even while failing.
• Being a team leader and also team player.
• Flexible and have good Communication skills.
• Should have lots of Confidence and Problem solving skills.

About Technical perspective:

• Different Programming Languages like C, C++,Java and Python should be known.
• The same program can be coded in different languages as the method remains same but the syntax or the format changes.
• One should have Organisational and time management skills.
• One should understand the latest trends in the market and their role in a commercial environment.
• Software developer should have knowledge about using development tools like IDE's.
• The requirement Analysis to be made according to the clients and deliver the best product.
• The Code Quality should be short or defined properly and effective and also attractive and the architecture should also be definable and understood by novoice as well.
• If the code is not dynamic, the software developed might fail and will not meet the requirements.
• Learning how to design websites,blogs,video editing,animation is also trending in market.
• Software developer can design any type of websites if they have knowledge about the templates available and the languages they know. HTML and CSS are the basic fundamentals of web designing, Nowadays XML and javascript is also well used.
• Any database such as MYSQL, SQL server, Access etc knowledge is must to store bulk of data at a certain place and it should be programmed efficiently and accessed easily. Big Data and HDFS is also widely used these days to store very huge data.

Personality traits which will make a good software developer:
1. Highly Inquisitive
2. Perseverance
3. Lots of Confidence to handle the errors or failures
4. Open for criticism
5. Ability to plan accordingly
6. Stress to be handled
7. Improving the business perspective with smart work
8. Creativity is must
9. Understanding the client needs completely is a must
10.Try to learn new languages