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What is the minimum qualification for software developer? 

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Finally, we find that it is easier to become a developer earlier in the projects lifecycle than it is later as the project matures.
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Nguyen, Duesterwald, Klinger, Santhanam 
01 Jan 2012
6 Citations
We argue that our automated developer expertise ranking can be beneficial in the planning of a software project and is applicable beyond software support in the other phases of the software lifecycle.
We conclude that developer metrics are good predictor of faults and we must consider the human factors for improving the software reliability.
This paper illustrates the fact that innate ability does not determine the path of qualification attainment, especially at low levels of qualification.
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Minghui Zhou, Audris Mockus 
07 Nov 2010
90 Citations
By studying developer fluency we contribute by determining dimensions along which developer expertise is acquired, finding ways to measure them, and quantifying the trajectories of developer learning.
Our findings show that having strong logical reasoning and hypothesis testing skills are differentiating factors in the software developer/tester performance in terms of defect rates.
This paper (1) describes what the current literature identifies as qualities of good software requirements, (2) identifies and examines different categories of software requirement methods, and (3) concludes that methods used to develop software requirements, though not perfect, have advantages that can improve the development of requirements for any type of system.