Career progression - software development.

[SideWinder]

I need a bit of help with understanding the career progression in software development.

My partner is starting a job in recruitment and she needs to understand the different levels within software development and what exactly their roles include.

She has been provided with:

Junior Developer
Developer
Senior Developer
Team Leader
Development Manager
Head of Development.

But she is having problems with understanding what each of their roles are.

What is the difference between Junior and Developer for instance? Just experience? Obviously this is the chain of command but just wondering if anyone who is working in this career should shed a bit of light.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SideWinder]

With the greatest of respect - this is what annoys me about the recruitment profession. How can someone with little idea of what a profession entails, successfully recruit for a role within it?

May explain why we had over 800 applicants and approximately 30 unsuccessful interviews in a recent role we interviewed for.

does my head in. we get about 5 calls a day from 'professional IT .net recruitment agents' which don't know their bum from their elbow.

All valid points - especially as it is non-IT individuals who are recruiting for IT. But those who do know a lot about C# or whatever, why would they want to be in recruitment when they could be in a job they want to do...as in, working in a software development role.

//edit and the company my partner is working for are currently training her. This means around a couple of weeks of intense training about what software development is, understanding the roles and the sector. They're not 'let losoe' with no training...i don't know, doesn't change the fact recruitment companies are sometimes annoying.

So, someone has to do it i guess.

Thanks for the comments so far, really helpful already.

 

[SideWinder]

Should have asked you directly Vai.

Anymore information on this topic?

Izi - great, thanks!