Definitions
A professional who designs, builds, tests, and maintains software.
What is a software developer?
These are personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.
What are soft skills?
This is the salary range for senior software developers in Jamaica’s private sector.
What is approximately JMD 5M to JMD 8M+?
The process of creating, testing, and maintaining computer programs.
What is software development?
What are the two types of skills
Soft skills and hard skills
This is the estimated entry-level annual salary range for software developers in Jamaica’s private sector.
What is approximately JMD 1.35M to JMD 3M?
The process of identifying and fixing errors or problems in software.
What is troubleshooting?
What type of skill is problem solving
Soft skill
This is the overall trend showing how developer income changes with experience.
What is salary growth over time?
Tools used to install, update, and manage software libraries or dependencies
What are package managers?
refers to maintaining good security practices, such as protecting data, writing secure code, and preventing vulnerabilities
What is cyber hygiene?
This is one major reason why software developer salaries increase significantly over time.
What is experience and skill advancement?
A system used to track changes in code and support collaboration among developers.
What is a Version Control System (VCS)?.
This skill involves optimizing code so that software runs efficiently even under heavy usage or large-scale data loads.
What is performance optimization?
This is a factor that can cause some developers to earn above the standard salary range.
What is specialization or in-demand technical skills?