8.5 Прочитай, переведи текст general information about the profession of software developer и дай ответы на вопросы:

1. What are the working hours?

2. What is software?

3. What should be the software developers?

4. What tools do they used for the work?

5. What is the work environment?

A software developer usually works with a team of others with the same title. They work in bringing together ideas to create new computer programs and improve on existing software. "Software" is a broad term used to define any kind of program that a computer may use. These may be video games, web browsers, writing tools, photography editing programs, and even entire operating systems such as Windows. The software developer must be trained to read computer programming languages, which are generally strings of codes, numbers and letters that would be undecipherable to those who are not trained to read it. Software developers must be very intelligent to perform their duties. The work environment for software developers is usually an office setting, and they may have their own office or a cubicle. They may also spend time in a conference room with their team. Software developers usually report to a senior software developer or programmer or an information technology director. Working hours for this position are typical business hours, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tools used for working include computers, computer software, telephones, pens and paper, and other typical office supplies.

8.6 Прочитай, переведи текст answers to interesting questions и сопоставь вопрос и абзац:

1. How to get the job? 

2. What's the catch? 

3. What they do all day? 

4. What makes it great?

1. From the games in a smartphone to the tools that map a genome, software developers write the programs that run our lives. The work runs across all levels of the process - research, design, writing and testing - and all the way to the final product. 

2. Most developers have some sort of degree in computer science, but it's a field that welcomes self-starters with practical experience and the right certifications. Check with local colleges to get going.

3. A developer can fly solo as a freelancer or work for a company as part of a team. And with a technology boom that sees no end in sight, firms are having a hard time filling positions.

Those positions aren't always in the U.S. In the search for talent (and to cut costs), more companies are heading overseas for their development needs. It's also an ever-evolving field that requires a constant keeping up on what's new.

8.7 Прочитай, переведи текст software development с русского на английский:

Разработка программного обеспечения — это род деятельности (профессия) и процесс, направленный на создание и поддержание работоспособности, качества и надежности программного обеспечения, используя технологии, методологию и практики из информатики, управления проектами, математики, инженерии и других областей знания.

Как и другие традиционные инженерные дисциплины, разработка программного обеспечения имеет дело с проблемами качества, стоимости и надёжности. Некоторые программы содержат миллионы строк исходного кода, которые, как ожидается, должны правильно исполняться в изменяющихся условиях. Сложность ПО сравнима со сложностью наиболее сложных из современных машин, таких как самолёты.