Top Skills Required To Kick Start Your Career in Sitecore Development

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Top Skills Required To Kick Start Your Career in
Sitecore Development

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This is the second blog in a series of blogs that
we started to help candidates with skills in high
demand. The idea is to let candidates know about
the mandatory skills needed to increase their
employability in the technologies we are hiring
in. With our experience in IT recruiting, we are
sharing insights over various technologies that
are in high demand. This blog explains the
mandatory skills required to kick-start a career
in Sitecore development.
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Sitecore is in high demand as the enterprise CMS
due to its futuristic features and high-end
e-commerce, social media and AI integration.
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Sitecore Experience Platform is expensive,with
annual licensing cost almost equal to the annual
salary of entry-level developers in the United
States is more than USD 100,000. Therefore, its
no surprise that developers who are working on
Microsoft technologies are aiming to switch
towards Sitecore development.
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Sitecore Experience Platform is expensive,with
annual licensing cost almost equal to the annual
salary of entry-level developers in the United
States is more than USD 100,000.
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Sitecore is .Net based web CMS. Therefore it is
imperative that you have strong programming
skills in ASP.net using C (or VB.net). Though C
is more widely accepted. Proficiency with
Microsoft Visual Studio development environment
and MVC architecture is mandatory.
Strong Programming Skills
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Along with programming you also need to have
in-depth knowledge of software deployment
applications like Team Foundation Server. A few
years of experience in working in a strong
Microsoft development environment can provide
mandatory skills needed for the job.
Strong Programming Skills
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The backend is a core part of any CMS. To work as
a Sitecore developer, you need to have strong
database management and administrative knowledge.
Working with triggers, stored procedures and
high-end relational databases is a must if you
are aiming to work on Sitecore development.
Database Expertise
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Since Sitecore is a web CMS used to create
high-end websites and web applications. Knowledge
of scripting languages like JavaScript, CSS, XML,
XSLT, and XSL is required. And this is a common
understanding that youll have knowledge of HTML
and DHTML.
Scripting Languages
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System programming and web programming both are
different. So when we are talking about skills
required for Sitecore development, an ideal
candidate should have an understanding of
information architecture, the functioning of CMS,
and the basics of content publishing and
management.
Understanding of Web Principles
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Aforementioned skills are mandatory skills that
are required for a Sitecore developer. However,
there are few skills which can act as tie-breaker
and put you ahead of other candidates. Sitecore
is not like other CMSs, it has integrated AI,
marketing automation, personalization, and social
media integration facilities.
Tie-breaker Skills
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So if you have previous experience or
understanding of these aspects of a CMS, youll
have the upper edge in an interview. If you are
a Sitecore developer, looking for a change or to
switch to a better opportunity send your resume
to resumes_at_optizmglobal.com. Wed also love to
have your inputs over the skills required for a
Sitecore developer. If you think we missed
including something, please drop your inputs in
comments.
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Thanks!