There are 9 skills and methodologies you need to be a great programmer. Learn these and you will improve your productivity, employers will notice and that will increase your pay.
I own and run Programming Labs, a software development company that's been in business over 15 years. As both an employer and a full stack developer, these skills and processes are what I consider the most important for programmers. With these you will have good relations with clients, become more productive, and thus earn more money for your efforts.
Be A Better Programmer
There are 9 habits and skills every programmer needs to be a better programmer.
- Do not start until you have written specs
- Unit testing
- Coding Standards and Naming Conventions
- Know Your Tools
- Be a Macro King or Queen
- Code Library
- Understand RDBMS
- Quick Study - Learn how to Learn and know your jargon
- Re-read your specs before saying you are Finished
Watch the video for detailed description of each of the above. I also discuss what employers really want from programmers and give some tips on how to negotiate a better contract rate or salary.
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