1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a n Application Developer do? |
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 What field is your job in?
Information Technology
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What is your job title?
Application Developer
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
I work for a large domestic steel company. We produce steel and other steel related and processed products.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
I have been with the company for 12 years.
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
I usually work 40 hours but sometimes work from home evenings and weekends.
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
I am responsible for implementing a forecasting system for my company.
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
3 weeks vacation, 1 personal day, UPMC Insurance with low premium, 401K, pension plan, unlimited sick leave (within reason)
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
I feel that I am fairly compensated.
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2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
I work with customers internal to our organization. Since I deal with accounting systems it is usually people from our accounting department. I do like this type of work.
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
I work out of two different locations. Mainly I work in our computer center, which is an office environment that is fairly open. We have cubes, but they do not have all of the walls so we are working in the open basically. However, this helps when we are working together. The other location is at our headquarters, which I take a shuttle to from the other location. This is working mainly with our customers, and this location I have a more quiet cube area.
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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4 Income
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2 Work Environment - co-workers
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1 Work Environment - supervisors
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4 Benefits
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5 Hours
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3 Level of responsibility
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7 The actual "work" you do at your job
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8 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Someone who would like a job similar to mine should obtain a bachelor's degree in information technology. A master's degree helps, but is not required. While in school, they should get an internship.
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Organization skills are required for my job since I am working on many projects at the same time. Technical skills are required, such as programming languages and knowledge of databases and design. A great deal of logic is required to be able to figure out problems. In addition, social skills are necessary to be able to communicate with a customer and get requirements.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
At least a bachelor's degree is necessary for a programmer's job.
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Find out if programming is something that you truly like to do. You need to truly enjoy it to be able to be committed to learning new languages and figuring out complex problems. Try an internship to see if you like this type of work, because there is more to developing than just programming.
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