Six Technologies That Will Give You An Edge Over Other Entry Level Developers
So, you’ve learned a programming language like Java, JavaScript/NodeJS, PHP, or Python and feel like you are ready to start looking for that first job. That’s great! The bad news is, the IT industry is so hot currently, you’ll probably be competing with thousands of other aspiring developers for that first role.
What a lot of your competitors won’t know is that the job requires more than just being comfortable in a popular programming language, and knowing a popular web framework. In your day to day work, you’ll be using at least 4–5 technologies other than that language/framework. I’ve created a list, that will really help you stand out from the crowd, and the good news is that you don’t really have to be a master in any of them. You’re going to stand out by just knowing relatively basic stuff, that can be learned in a matter of weeks.
Since I am a backend developer, this list will mostly be skewed in favor of backend technologies, but it definitely won’t hurt knowing them as a frontend developer as well.
- Docker
I can’t remember working on a project (or part of a project) that hasn’t been deployed as a container. It’s become the industry standard. Knowing Docker will definitely give you an advantage over other entry level devs, and the…
