What is App Development? Is App Development a Good Career Option?

When it comes to the IT industry, there are numerous career paths. But one field that is rising tremendously is that of an app developer. More and more people use mobile phones to surf the internet, therefore, apps have become much relevant these days. In today’s digital world, there are apps for every little thing. There are apps for ordering food, saloons, booking a cab, transferring money, booking movie tickets and what not. Therefore, it goes without saying that an app developer is emerging as a lucrative career option.

Speaking about this profession, let us briefly discuss about the primary role of app developers. Developers have endless opportunities to work their magic by developing interesting, eye-catching, user-friendly and innovative apps that run on mobiles. Apart from designing the apps, developers have to work closely with other teams to define and implement new features on the apps, improve and test the apps, identify the negative points, fix bugs, help maintain code quality and lastly organize the app well.

Applications are high in demand and are required for multiple businesses and services. This increases the demand for app developers. In the long run, all the small and big enterprises will need more and more of app developers. Marketing is an essential part of any organization. Mobile apps are one of the best marketing tools for any organization. Since the technology is developing at a rapid rate, the demand for more and more jobs in this field will also increase.  Many professionals are entering the world of app development as there are better career opportunities and growth in this field.

UPES, Dehradun offers specialized courses like B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering (Hons.) with Specialisation in Mobile Application Development. The university has academic collaborations with some partner universities like IBM. The curriculum focuses on providing the students with a detailed study about the functioning of the industry and the practical knowledge about the subject.

An emerging field, this career option offers great flexibility. As an added benefit, a developer will never find his work mundane. Moreover, one can evolve and expand his areas of interest. An app developer can pursue a lot of courses like C, C++, C#, Java, Certified Android and IOS App Developer that offer hands-on experience.

An app developer can choose from a variety of options like mobile architect, android engineer, android developer, mobile developer, android mobile developer, mobile embedded software engineer and mobile lead software engineer.

Apart from this, UPES gives its students global exposure. A student can do two professional courses with AWS, IBM, Tableau and Alibaba. UPES gives its students a unique opportunity to pursue professional courses from any two of these. Students can also study overseas for 4 weeks in our partner institutes. Higher education overseas, not only adds to the academic development but also contributes to their overall personality.

So, what are you waiting for? Come, learn and excel in UPES!

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