Important Skills you MUST have as a GET

Transitioning from student to corporate life can be difficult for some people.

What is GET?

GET aka. Graduate Engineer Trainee is a job profile that is offered to freshers in software development roles. In some organizations, it may be called SDE-1, Junior software developer, etc but these all are the same in terms of roles and responsibilities.

To understand what skills you need to kickstart your career as a GET, you must understand the roles and responsibilities of a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Roles and Responsibility of a GET:

The duties and responsibility of a GET depend on the organization but the majority of it revolves around the software development lifecycle which includes planning, analysis, design, development, and maintenance:

• Development and implementation of new software programs
• Alter existing software to resolve mistakes, errors and improve its overall performance
• Understanding project requirements and completing all duties assigned by the supervisor
• Raising concerns and making suggestions where needed
• Test and maintain software applications to ensure high optimization and functionality
• Regularly participating in the meetings with the client and having discussions related to the software development requirements
• Asking questions and assisting other team members whenever possible
• Collaborate with other programmers, testers, designers to design systems and gather information on project limitations, performance requirements, and user interfaces
• Determine the Coding standards and writing code according to them
• Researching for implementation of a feature and creating innovative solutions
• Testing the software and fixes bugs
• Designing and implementing the database for the software

As new technologies are releasing every day, one has to be ready to learn continuously to survive and excel in their career of software engineering.

So, these are the roles and responsibilities of a Graduate Engineer Trainee. Now, it’s time to move on to the skills one must have as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Must have Skills for a GET:

As you can see from the above set of responsibilities, it takes a very hardworking person with a particular set of skills to excel as a Graduate Engineer Trainee.

So, here is a list of skills that you need to cultivate to do your best at this challenging but rewarding career.

• The most important skill is to be ready to learn continuously and take on challenges
• Ability to analyze complex technical information and business requirements
• Strong research skills

Eg: The ability to research the implementation of a unique feature.

• Strong analytical and mathematical skills. This will help in building strong logic for solving a problem
• Knowledge of Version Control System like Git
• Strong knowledge of Data Structure and algorithms. This will help in finding an optimal approach for solving a problem
• Strong coding skills
• Knowledge and experience in Software frameworks and UI toolkits like React, Angular, Flutter, etc. This depends on the organization and the project but you should be ready to learn any technology

So, these are the skills one must have as Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Steps to Become a GET:

There is a 3 step process to get into software engineering:

1. Learning new skills:

Firstly one needs to choose a programming language. You can choose anyone you like but keep in mind the job opportunities and use for the same.

For example: if you are interested in web development then you should be choosing javascript.

So, after choosing the programming language, start learning the basics of that language, learn data structure and algorithm.

After learning the basics of the language choose a framework or library and start learning it.

For example: For web dev, you can choose React or Angular and for mobile app dev, you can choose react native, flutter, java(android studio), etc.

2. Make projects:

After learning a framework, start to build small projects like a to-do list, clones of major websites or apps, etc.

Practice problems on websites like leetcode, CodeChef, etc to improve problem-solving skills.

3. Apply for Jobs:

The last step is to apply for jobs and keep practicing and keep building projects.

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