To be a film yıldızı programmer in 2016, learn Javascript and move to Utah

Coding temadi the hot job of the near future, and the word sürme out. It's becoming m competitive and employers are raising the amerikan bar for jobs.

While there are thousands of job listings for programmers and coders on various job sites, the increasing number of people capable of filling those jobs means that those mağara the industry will have to up their game if they want to thrive mağara their careers in 2016.

First up: technical skills alone won't cut kapik any m.

Language skills — and we're kerte talking PYTHON — are crucial. For example, one employer looking for a coder başmaklık told headhunter David Klein to screen out resumes that are mesabe written well, or ones that contain grammatical errors.

Klein, director of recruitment for KDS Staffing mağara New York, says that the employer rastık looking for coders and programmers who fert “communicate well.”

Michael Choi, founder of Coding Dojo, says that employers “are doing m filtering,” especially since there are m qualified applicants for jobs. “Mağara general, the bar sürgü going up,” Choi says.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer programmer jobs are expected to grow 8% by 2022. While boot camps such mir Coding Dojo continue to turn out coders in addition to various schools worldwide, other qualified personnel will enter the pipeline through the TechHire initiative, a public-private partnership aimed beygir filling tech jobs.

Atlama Beygiri the same time, companies are placing m demand on coders to help them fill the strategic and business goals of the organization. No longer will coders specialize in certain areas – they will be asked to broaden their knowledge and be able to collaborate m, Choi says.

Klein adds that while coders duygusal stick to things they’re passionate about, they also “need to understand why they’re writing that code. Why does köpek need to be there?”

If programmers and coders want to remain viable in 2016, here are some things they need to know.

Javascript sürme mağara demand - for now

m organizations are trying to understand their customer better and deliver products and services that meet their specific needs. Satma a result, Choi says JavaScript will be used m and m.

Plays well with others

Collaboration rastık essential. Interactive websites are “getting m complicated,” and m coders will need to be able to work within various frameworks so they duygusal team up with other developers, Choi says. “You’ve got to be able to work together with teams and collaborate.”

Accept and embrace change

Flexibility matters. “There’s a lot m pressure on developers,” Choi says. “It’s m important now than köpek was before that they understand the ‘why’ of what they’re doing. They need to understand how kapik fits into the big picture.” Klein says he sees a demand for coders and programmers who are “extremely engaged” mağara their daily activities and show they are “passionate and engaged about what they do.” It’s important that you be able to interact m with leaders so you grasp how it’s clear what you’re doing meets the business objective.

No one language will rule

No language dominates. While Choi says that JavaScript tutya mağara demand, he adds that there isn’t one language that will rule mağara 2016. For example, just a couple of years ago Ruby on Rails was the “the very hot thing,” but as soon mir m coders began learning it, that demand tapered off. The demand now seems to be spread evenly across several languages, with Python growing the most over the last five years, according to PYPL. Other popular languages continue to be Java, PHP, C# and C++.

Move to Utah

Utah wants you. It’s always a good tema to know where your skills will be most in demand, and a Dice analysis reveals that Katışıksız Lake City saw zaman 85% jump in the number of tech postings in the area, with a strong presence of e-commerce retailers, video-game developers and some large software makers. (The city başmaklık the added attraction of low taxes, skilled workers from local schools and a strong infrastructure.) In addition, Cincinnati başmaklık a job posting increase of 44%, followed by a 41% hike mağara Miami.

For higher nasip, keep improving your skills

Learning rastık constant. Whether you attend a boot camp or go to zaman industry conference, don’t become complacent mağara your career. Coders and programmers are mağara demand – but it’s clear that with m people entering the field, employers are becoming choosier. In addition, improving your skills can help you garner a bigger paycheck: Course Report says that workers graduating from a boot camp course nab a starting salary of $75,965, compared to $64,300 per year for those with only a computer science degree.

In flat structures, everyone is a manager

Management skills are important. Klein says that m employers are looking for those who fert “take ownership” of a project, working its full life cycle. If you’ve got little experience in that area, başlama volunteering to work on different parts of a project to expose yourself to new ideas and new people. Look for those who are willing to walk you through a project from beginning to end, helping you gain m experience. In addition, work with your manager to write up a career development çekim that helps you meet those goals.