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What You'll Do: The job entails: doing research to determine consumer needs, outlining the creation of a program, designing outlines and models so that other programmers know what to work on, designing software one major piece at a time, putting all the pieces together and testing the software to see if it works, troubleshooting the software and making edits to the code, recording all the important details of the creation process so that future modifications can be made easily, working with other programmers on their projects, and more.

Creating computer programs is a very complex job that requires a lot of trial-and-error. As mentioned above, you'll probably spend most of your day typing thousands upon thousands of lines of code--a language that determines a program's response to user input. While you'll likely work in a comfortable office environment, you'll spend most of your day sitting in front of a computer screen with little physical activity. A typical work week is at least 40 hours long, but it could last more than 60 hours and include nights and weekends when due dates are nearing.

Education and Training: Software developers need at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, or a related field to get hired. Most employers prefer candidates who have very strong programming skills. This means being familiar with several programming languages and having advanced knowledge of at least one. Having a master's degree in software engineering will make you a much more attractive applicant if it isn't already required by the employer.

The Future: The Software Development profession is expected to grow at about 30% through 2020. That's much faster than the average for all occupations.

The Pay: Annual salaries for Software Developers in the U.S. range from $54,300 to $133,100, with the average median annual wage hitting $96,600 in 2011 as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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