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Employment trends in software development
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- 1Employment Trends- Outsourcing
- Contract programmers - 2Outsourcing- Involves businesses using the services of a specialist software developer.
- E.g. software support, user documentation, testing
- For long-term projects - 3Contract programmers- Employees (programmers) who seek new contracts and complete different programming projects (such as websites).
- For short-term projects --> usually specific projects - 4Advantages of outsourcing- Cost-effective
- Employees (personnel) are able to focus on core tasks. - 5Disadvantages of outsourcing- Lack of control over quality
- Privacy issues
- Intellectual property issues - 6Advantages of hiring contract programmers- Flexibility --> able to deal with unpredicted changes
- Cost-savings - 7Disadvantages of hiring contract programmers- Mainly hired for short-term projects, meaning the business may hire full-time employees to complete long-term projects, which can be costly.
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- Includes outsourcing and contract programmers
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- Holly L
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