--- title: The most valuable software developer skills to get hired now description: We identify some of the hot areas where software developers can focus their attention to better stand out from the crowd in a challenging job market. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The most valuable software developer skills to get hired now | daily.dev og:description: We identify some of the hot areas where software developers can focus their attention to better stand out from the crowd in a challenging job market. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/L4JSn_oOA.png og:image:alt: The most valuable software developer skills to get hired now og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The most valuable software developer skills to get hired now **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 23 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary We identify some of the hot areas where software developers can focus their attention to better stand out from the crowd in a challenging job market. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kapejos12** · 0 upvotes > That's show me what i have to change in my career --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The most valuable software developer skills to get hired now","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa"},"datePublished":"2021-01-11T06:15:37.866Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:38:03.091Z","description":"We identify some of the hot areas where software developers can focus their attention to better stand out from the crowd in a challenging job market.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e0a5cbf0d67fb8bc104614afd34d4540","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e0a5cbf0d67fb8bc104614afd34d4540","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"career,general-programming","timeRequired":"PT23M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The most valuable software developer skills to get hired now"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-most-valuable-software-developer-skills-to-get-hired-now-l4jsn-ooa","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"That’s show me what i have to change in my career","datePublished":"2021-01-11T07:38:27.080Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/L4JSn_oOA#c-bgl5ZcTuc","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kacper Makowski","url":"https://daily.dev/kapejos12","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Ggl7Ynf8H3W4T-XP-t0JJJDDgn8GYCkx65GUCsnGw=s100"}}]} ```