Web Developer Job Overview

This is a website. when you log into google , google is a website. Who has developed it all? It is none other than a web developer. So, who is a web developer? As the two keyword says a person who develops website is a web developer. so, does the role of a web developer end there? Simple answer is No. in addition to developing website, a web developer maintain, manages all aspect of website including capacity tuning of site, security implementation in site, making sure the website can handle more traffic by making it scalable , adding content to site [this is very optional] etc What is needed to find job as a web developer? Passion towards front-end development, programming language like html to start with really helps. Basics of SQL is definitely needed as information is stored in DB at backend that is pulled and is displayed in front-end UI. Artistic skills come handy some collecges offer certificaiton program, associate degree on this skill set What is future of this profession? As per bls the job is expected to grow about 15% in next 10 years and starting salary is around $60000. This is a fantastic pay to start with What does website operations engineer do? An operations engineer as the name says looks after the operations of the business starting with managing the application, working with appropriate dev and operations team to make sure application is up and running 24x7. This is an up-time era and operations happen on shift basis. This job is usually on rotation basis in most companies. Lets take a quick look at what an operations engineer does to make sure website is operable 24x7. 1) Very good oral, verbal, written communication skills 2) Must be agile and react to calls 3) Should have very good data entry skill 4) Troubleshoot customer and consumer facing issues via mail, phone, fax etc 5) Monitor the site and make sure data fed is appropriate 6) If he/se finds an issue as a bug this needs to be escalated to development team without delay 7) Update site appropriately 8) Maintain issues in form of logs 9) Maintain all contacts 10) Make sure new production deployments comply with quality. If they find some astray that needs to be communicated to appropriate personnel ASAP 11) Familiarity with SQL to access backend would be a definite skill that is considered 12) Some companies expect automation and look for linux/unix shell scripting skills 13) Must be willing to work on shift rotation basis. Must carry 24x7 pager, phone etc