Maybe you’re a computer science student with only three months of college left, ready to start your programming career. Or you’ve been interested in tech for some time, hoping to shift gears to a programming career.

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Whether you want to become a software developer, systems analyst, or data scientist, programming jobs are poles-apart from what you learn in class. Therefore, never rely on what your school or professors taught. Instead, be responsible enough to learn essential concepts and programming languages on your own.

Setting foot in programming is not just about gaining hard skills. You also need soft skills to make it past the recruitment process and work with your teammates.…