Thinking About

App Developers

App Developers are Not Computer Scientists

• Directly Deliver on Customer Needs
• Defined App Patterns
• Low Algorithmic Complexity
• UI Centric, Feature Focused
• Codify Business Rules
• Codify Data Storage and Retrieval
• Web apps, Native Apps, Hybrid Apps

Attributes of App Developers

Development skills

Soft Skills

Business Domain Knowledge 

Motivation

HTML/CSS, JS, Sass, UX, Angular/React Node/Express, SQL/NoSQL

 Customer/peer Collaboration, Dev Practices, Agile Practices, Whiteboarding

Would a DJ/app dev add value to a vinyl record e-commerce site?

From Directed Fire to Suppressing fire, Tow missile, GPS directed to Fire and forget

Development Skill Levels

Leveling Up is Sequential

0

10

Junior

Engineer

Senior

CS grad

Full Stack Bootcamp

HTML Dev

App Dev Softskills

Leveling Up is Sequential

0

10

nope

Engineer

PM

Senior PM

Scrum Master

PMI-ACP

PMP

Motivation/Self Management

Leveling Up is Sequential

0

10

Directed

Surpress

Tow Missle

GPS Guided

Fire & Forget

Development Skill Levels

Leveling Up is Sequential

0

10

nope

Junior

Engineer

Senior

html/css

js

browser

c9

Algor

BtStrp

yo/gulp

jQ

Results