For being a software developer... what kind of training or knowledge would you recommend getting?

krwell

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I'm a software developer right now but I wish to improve my overall skills. I'm pretty fresh out of college too. What would you guys suggest are some good skills to learn. My compnay will pay for additional training so suggest classes too.

Thanks
 

charrison

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Originally posted by: krwell
I'm a software developer right now but I wish to improve my overall skills. I'm pretty fresh out of college too. What would you guys suggest are some good skills to learn. My compnay will pay for additional training so suggest classes too.

Thanks

what skills do you have? What would benefit your company?
 

krwell

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I know C++, VB, PL/Sql, and some Java. I'm just looking to take advantage of my company paying for the training and figure out what will help me the most.
 

tkdkid

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Learn about common enterprise development practices and different application architectures. You should learn the common practices that make each stage of a software life cycle successful. Also, learning how to code in layers (Presentation, Business, Data) is very beneficial.

College will teach how to code, what's important now is learning how to organize, manage, and deploy it. Other than that, you should just learn as much as possible about what resources are available that are relevant to the code that you're trying to write.
 

rh71

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Continue growing your Java skills... unless you want to go the route of C#/ASP.net. Java is everything out there.
 

EagleKeeper

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Take any advanced cources in what you have knowledge of.

They possibly jump into the new buzz words.
You have to get beyond the academic knowledge to be very worthwhile.
 

n0cmonkey

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I would recommend learning to give the support/IT guys a break. Or atleast buy them Orange Smoothies once in a while. :p
 

Ameesh

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I would recommend learning to give the support/IT guys a break. Or atleast buy them Orange Smoothies once in a while. :p

LOL :D