Why is a web developer in the top popular professions and how they become

Internet - is nearly 3.5 billion users, and more than a billion websites. The rapid development of information technology has led to the emergence of professions, of which 10 years ago no one even thought of. Topping the rankings of the most popular and highly paid IT-specialties takes profession Web Developer.

Deficiency of web developers

In a world of more than 11 million Web developers in different fields and levels. However, according to CMS Magazine and "Rating Runet", 62% of companies and web studios acutely aware of the shortage of staff. Here's how they answered a question about the lack of staff in the web development field.

To date, only a quarter of all web studios are satisfied the number of their staff. It turns out, a lot of programmers, but still not enough. Why?

There are several reasons:

• 15.9% of employers believe that the level of education of potential employees does not meet the requirements of the market (there is a decent portfolio, there is no experience of team work).
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• 15% of companies believe that the market is, in principle, few qualified web programmers are able to develop complex projects (especially in the regions).
• 7.3% of companies have noticed that many web development professionals prefer freelance work in the state.
• 6.3% of web studios believe that cooperation is impossible because of mismatch of salary expectations of candidates with employers' opportunities.

Thus, the steep, that is, knowing the entire cycle of creating a Web project and can immediately show itself in the case of developers really small. Those that have already dismantled large web studio, or they went into freelance because they understand that on the basis of piecework earnings greater than the salary of any small firm.

Consider, for example, here on this chart "Rating Runet."

Developers, freelancers occupy a fairly large niche in high-end projects. They gets 6% of project cost from 100 to 300 thousand rubles and 8.3% of the projects more expensive 300 thousand rubles.

It requires a web developer

Ensure the relevance of a web programmer profession easily. Just go to any online service employment.

In Moscow alone, nearly half thousand vacancies. Among IT-companies and web studios for good developers there is a serious struggle.

28.4% of companies are looking for employees through job-resource, 21.4% - through social networks and on the recommendations, 16.2% admit quite effective section with vacancies on its website and 12.7% of employees Hunt "at school", that is invited to the training of talented students, track medal and olimpiadnikov, organize competitions for students and so Further.

Last path - the most thorny. According to experts, academic education is inert and does not keep pace with the dynamic new industries.

The level of training of the majority after the high school is very low. Scares even what programming with special people really do not know how to program. Frightening weakness of systems thinking.

Vladimir Zavertaylov, founder and director of the Internet-studio "Sibiriks"

Therefore, to become the coolest web developer who will fight for us, do not need a diploma - we need knowledge.

Qualification

Under web developer employer normally understands a universal expert full-stack.

Full-stack consists of a front-end- and back-end-of development. front-end developers ensure the creation of the appearance of the site (portal project). Back-end-development includes the shadow side of life, something that is not visible to the user, the wrong side of the site. But, regardless of specialization, web programmer must know the full cycle. Without this it is impossible to imagine how the piece of tasks that you will realize, will be integrated with the overall project.

To date, Web development standard (full-stack) is the next set of knowledge.

Layout + programming language browser + + server-side language language for work with databases + framework (s).

Get a set of knowledge can be at GeekBrains. This educational platform, which brings together lectures and webinars for those who want to learn programming. Specialization "web developer" is designed for 11 months (plus training) and consists of several courses.

1. HTML / CSS. These are the basics of creating websites. Education comes through the practice: students develop the online store website, studying the properties of parallel and HTML / CSS features.
2. JavaScript - the first and second levels. This programming language is designed to make the site alive: it interacts with the user of the resource responds to the movement of the cursor, mouse clicks and keystrokes. In the first course on the basics of JavaScript are, fixed in the second learned.
3. Fundamentals of Database. This intensive 20 video tutorials on data storage and processing systems for access using the SQL language (Structured Query Language).
4. PHP - the first and second levels. This programming language is one of the three most popular. At the first level, students learn principles of object-oriented programming and learn to correctly use basic language constructs. The second level allows you to hone your PHP possession to virtuosity.
5. HTML5 and CSS3. This bundle makes it possible to impose models, create and edit static sites. The course students do all the steps of creating an advertising site for a commercial organization.
6. AngularJS / D3.js. Here students learn to work with D3.js in symbiosis with a powerful framework for constructing single-page Web applications Angular.js.
7. yii framework. This is one of the most popular and sought frameworks for PHP. The lectures considered basic and advanced application templates and developed an analog Evernote program. For homework, students are invited to create a calendar program that can then be used in a portfolio.

A full case for portfolio you can make during a two-month internship from GeekBrains. She graduates go all the way from idea generation to implementation of the project and learn to interact with the team. Also, there is always a chance to get a paid internship with subsequent employment in one of the partner companies GeekBrains or find partners for a startup.

Cream

And at the end of the most pleasant - about money. In fact, as mentioned at the beginning, a universal web developer profession is not only popular, but also high-paying.

According to the agency "Tagline" Web programmers are 1.8 times higher wages than the average citizen of Russia.

Average Web Developer Salary in the country - 60 310 rubles in Moscow - 75 270 rubles, in the regions - 46 790 rubles.

In this profession there is a career ceiling, it can help to ensure a comfortable old age. Working hard and successfully implementing large projects, you can become the head of the information technology department, or even of IT-Director. Also, web developers often choose freelancing and neither of whom are independent. And yet this profession is a great platform to start their own business on the Internet.

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