Tips and Tricks to Kickstart Your Software Engineering Career

Now that you have learned about the software engineering process, coding, and algorithms, and have heard real accounts of software engineering from professionals, you must be wondering, “Where do I go from here?” A great place to start is to think about where you see yourself professionally in terms of what you have learned in this book.

To gain a position as a software engineer, especially for a first role, it’s best to get prepared for what’s to come. First, you’ll need to decide what type of software development you’d like to do; then, you’ll need to check the expected skills in those roles. After, you’ll need to build up those skills and prepare to be able to solve different problems with them. Finally, you’ll need to decide how you will show those same skills to your future employers.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

• Preparing...