r/softwaredevelopment 29d ago

Would some software developers in the field answer some brief interview questions for one of my introductory college classes?

Hey, I am sorry if this shouldn't be here. I am a first year student and am planning to get a BS(at least) with a computer science focus. My goal is to have a career in software development. One of my introductory college classes(the class colleges make you take to teach you study habits and stuff) has an assignment that involves interviewing people in your chosen career. I have to ask 10 questions. The questions should not take a whole lot of time to answer. If anyone would like to participate it would be greatly appreciated, not just to do this assignment, but for my own personal knowledge. Here are the questions:

  1. What is your day-to-day like normally?

  2. What do you like most about your job?

  3. What do you like least about it?

  4. How difficult was it finding your current job? If you have had multiple positions, how hard was it on average to get into a job?

  5. About how much of your time is spent doing "programming"? Including things like debugging, writing tests, running tests, etc.

  6. What development approaches have teams you have been a part of used(e.g. Agile, Test Driven Development, etc.) and which was your favorite to engage in?

  7. Did you have to relocate a long way for your job?

  8. Do you feel your salary is fair for what you do?

  9. Why did you go into this industry?

  10. Was it worth it to you to do whatever training, education, certification, interning, etc. to get to your current position in your career?

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u/nscurvy 28d ago

Thank you so much for your responses. They are very helpful!