The key benefits of being a softeware developer

According to US News, software developers earn a median salary of $107,510 per year, and have an unemployment rate of 1.4%, making it one of the most lucrative technology careers. Additionally, the profession offers an above-average work-life balance.

Even more, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that between 2019 and 2029 there will be a 22% growth rate. Meanwhile, the average growth for all occupations is 4 percent. This translates into 124,500 job openings.

And guess what? Despite the positive outlook and abundance in opportunities, only 3% of college grads study computer and information science. As you can see in the image below, in 2020 there were 1.4 million computing jobs versus the 400,000 CS students.

You get the picture: programming skills can bring more financial security as well as flexibility in your day-to-day. But how do you get the skills to be a software developer, without sitting through four years of CS classes? And more importantly, how do you get a programming job without a degree and launch yourself on this lucrative software engineer career path?

Here’s the good news: it’s totally possible! This 16-step guide will lift the veil and show you how to become a software engineer without a CS degree. So read on!

This 16-step guide will lift the veil and show you how to become a software engineer without a CS degree. So read on!

Bradford, L. (2022, April 13). 16 steps to becoming a software engineer (without a CS degree). Learn to Code With Me. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://learntocodewith.me/posts/become-a-software-engineer/