| July 5, 2011 | Posted By: Ungerboeck | Category: Marketing Yourself |
If you like a challenge, love technology, and want to stretch your leadership and team muscles, lead software engineer may be the perfect job for you. It’s similar to other software engineering positions, but this job puts you at the head of the team and gives you the ability to take on new challenges and exciting projects.
Meet Joe. As the lead software engineer at Ungerboeck Software International, Joe manages and mentors the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) team, which handles all the contact and opportunities the company collects, tracks what salespeople use, and handles customer stories.
And yet Joe still spends most of his day coding.
“I like working with my team,” he says. “If you treat the people you’re working with the right way, they’re going to have respect, and that’s a two way street. The people here are going to give it their best try.”
While the job has its challenges, Joe enjoys them. He says the most difficult challenge is learning what customers really need and want from their software. It can be difficult to narrow the focus and prioritize these needs and wants.
Joe didn’t just get the job as a lead software engineer by accident. He graduated with a degree in Management and Information Systems, Phi Beta Kappa. In other words, Joe tailored his education specifically for a career that combined technology and management, but that doesn’t mean you have to take these kinds of courses.
“College teaches you how to learn and is more about understanding,” Joe says. “Technology is always changing, so the courses you take in college won’t necessarily be relevant to technology five or ten years later.”
“You’ll have to learn on your own and continue learning throughout your career,” he says. “You’ll have to work well with others, and understand how your piece fits into the puzzle.”
Joe suggests students interested in a similar career should make sure they get real world experience.
“Go get internships,” Joe says. “Familiarize yourself with other languages to show potential employers you have a desire to learn and are willing to learn independently. And make sure it’s something you really enjoy. ”
Joe sees a bright future for himself and the industry. While he hopes to secure a management position in the future, the industry is getting bigger all the time. Mobile has seen exponential growth, and along with this new media is the demand to support numerous platforms faster than ever before. The potential for the industry and lead software engineers is endless.
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Ungerboeck Software International is currently hiring for positions in St. Louis. If you are interested in working with a leading end-to-end event management system and room booking software for conferences, meetings, exhibitions and associations, visit ungerboeck.com.
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