Since 2000, companies from Southern Africa have participated in Deloitte’s annual Best Company to Work For survey. Regarded as the leading survey of its kind, employees from companies based in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana complete the survey.
Matthew Butler (Entelect Software: General Manager: Managed Solutions)
When compared to disciplines such as mechanical, civil and industrial engineering, software engineering as a craft is still young, despite its rapid growth over the last two decades. Much of this growth has been driven by Twitter, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, all of which have generated substantial interest in the field. As a result of this surge in interest, software engineering has become an attractive career option and it draws in people with a wide variety of talent, personality, knowledge and attitude. Given these variations, it is worthwhile looking at the traits that make a great software engineer.