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Programming and IT

Programming and IT

Why is there always a demand for good programmers, even during a deep recession?

It has been observed that computer programming is a field that is growing constantly growing in spite of growing recession. There is only one main reason for this: the world is becoming a computerized village and every field of every industry in the world is now shifting to computerized processes and operations. In such a scenario, every organization needs programmers who can design and develop software for the company and also maintain that software. This is the main reason why there is a non ending demand for good programmers. The platform for online work in the field of programming has been evaluated through extensive analysis as the field most in demand in the IT sector in the first half of 2012. Analysis of thousands of projects conducted within the platform, showed a clear trend towards demand for mobile and computer application developers for iPad, iPhone and Android. Additionally, as in 2011, knowledge of PHP and HTML occupy first two positions.

Computer software and mobile application software is another reason why the job is in such a huge demand. Newer software are being developed constantly and not only do they need constant upgrading, they also demand constant monitoring and symbiotic involvement. This year, HTML5 star makes its entrance into the Top 10 software in the industry. This is because it has become important to generate dynamic web content, thus displacing the Flash development. Furthermore, knowledge of Objective C programming language (needed to develop applications for Apple devices) have become more relevant. The demand for professionals with these skills had proved one of the new trends in 2011, the year in which they entered the Top 10 and has been growing ever since.

According to Twango, a leading IT company of the USA: "Within our platform we detected an increasing number of job openings for mobile application development for mobile devices (tablets and smartphones). Especially during the last six months the demand for professionals with these skills has increased substantially. We expect a similar trend in the second half of the year due to the recent launch of the new iPad and the iPhone 4S”.

Gone are the days when programmers would sit alone in basements and days banging fists on their keyboard. Today, programmers are no longer solitary. On the contrary, the profession has changed considerably, and skills such as team work are very important. Programmers are now known more as a "developers", "application developers" or "software developers". And these new designations indicate precisely why there has been such a change the job description: software are not easily programmed, they need to be developed. The job of a software developer is very diverse. Programmers to develop programs that run on a computer alone (e.g. Word), but also software that runs on the Internet on modern servers (e.g. EBay). You can write programs for specific machines (e.g. production lines in factories, processors in cars or washing machines) can, ...