Web Developers

Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.

On the job, you would:

• Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.
• Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
• Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• certificate after high school

Engineering and Technology

• computers and electronics

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Communications

• multimedia

Basic Skills

• thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

• Attention to Detail
• Analytical Thinking
• Persistence
• Dependability
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Initiative

Ideas and Logic

• use rules to solve problems
• notice when problems happen

Verbal

• listen and understand what people say
• read and understand what is written

Visual Understanding

• see hidden patterns
• quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things