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Career Opportunity 3: Sr.
Interactive Developer
SMHM 2090
Samantha Lee Rossiter
11/16/2010
2
Career Opportunity 3
After doing Career Opportunity 2 report, the career that I thought I was most well-suited
for was the third job position I researched which was a Sr. Interactive Developer at DST-
Systems, Inc. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, I had the privilege to speak with the HR
manager, Jonathan Villarreal, and I contacted him at 816-435-8614. After speaking with him for
a half hour, Mr. Villarreal gave me a plethora of valuable information that is important to this job
position.
My first question I asked Mr. Villarreal was what kind of job responsibilities is
associated with this position. In his response he said that the most important aspects include:
meeting with clients to assess their software and web development needs and concerns, working
with internal business development professionals to accurately and cost effectively develop an
interactive proposal for the potential client, creating wireframes to be used as a functional design
model for the interactive designer, creating an Entity-Relationship Model for the database to be
passed on to the junior developers, reviewing all of the code that is developed by the junior
developers to make sure it is compliant with web standards according to their functional
documents, making sure that Internal SEO has been implemented based on keyword research by
the SEO and PPC divisions, properly placing call measurement, analytics, remarketing, and other
JavaScript tracking code for the SEO and Paid Search division, monitoring any security concerns
such as hackers or phishes that try to infiltrate the security that has been set in place (this is
exclusive to the project), managing MX (mail exchange) server issues clients may have, and
keeping up-to-date on the latest programming technology and hardware technology to be
competitive with other firms.
Mr. Villarreal also brought up an interesting point that Interactive Media is different from
other fields in the sense that a lot of the technology and programming languages that are being
3
used to develop are not taught in universities, also the industry is so large and specialized it
really depends on what kind of work the firm is looking for. That statement came after I brought
up what he thought candidate qualifications for this job should include. However, he went onto
say that their company prefers a bachelor degree but the qualifications are subjective to the
firm’s purpose, and if one has the experience (along with the degree) they would be an excellent
candidate for the job. He said the most significant part was experience with Linux, Apache,
MySQL, PHP and a variety of other programs. After he gave me the list of qualifications he
wanted me to know that people who want this job really needed to keep up with the technology
because if they do not, that is how one gets left behind in the job.
The last key topic that Mr. Villarreal and I talked about was regarding the career path of a
Sr. Interactive Developer. He said, as any career, job titles vary and people also take different
paths to reach their dream positions. Mr. Villarreal said one career path option could entail
starting off as an Interactive Designer, followed by an Interactive Writer, then maybe pursuing a
career as a Creative Director, which then may result in becoming an Information Architect,
which may lead to an Interactive Developer, which results later to become an Account Manager,
and finally reaching the top as an Interactive Project Manager. After hearing about this career
path a Sr. Interactive Developer could take, I asked Mr. Villarreal what kind of advice he would
give someone who is just starting out in this industry and he responded simply by saying do not
be afraid to ask for help. I found that another interesting topic because he went onto say that
because a person’s mind is always running to find the correct solutions they might forget the
simplest things so it is okay to ask for help when one forgets how to do something.
After my interview with Mr. Villarreal, I gain a deeper insight what it takes to become a
Sr. Interactive Developer. He provided me with knowledge that most people my age do not
4
know and I am very appreciative that he took the time from his busy schedule so I can provide
people this information. Subsequent to learning about this position’s job responsibilities,
qualifications, career paths, and other fascinating facts, I hope that one day that maybe I could
reach this position as a career of my own.

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Career Opportunity

  • 1. Career Opportunity 3: Sr. Interactive Developer SMHM 2090 Samantha Lee Rossiter 11/16/2010
  • 2. 2 Career Opportunity 3 After doing Career Opportunity 2 report, the career that I thought I was most well-suited for was the third job position I researched which was a Sr. Interactive Developer at DST- Systems, Inc. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, I had the privilege to speak with the HR manager, Jonathan Villarreal, and I contacted him at 816-435-8614. After speaking with him for a half hour, Mr. Villarreal gave me a plethora of valuable information that is important to this job position. My first question I asked Mr. Villarreal was what kind of job responsibilities is associated with this position. In his response he said that the most important aspects include: meeting with clients to assess their software and web development needs and concerns, working with internal business development professionals to accurately and cost effectively develop an interactive proposal for the potential client, creating wireframes to be used as a functional design model for the interactive designer, creating an Entity-Relationship Model for the database to be passed on to the junior developers, reviewing all of the code that is developed by the junior developers to make sure it is compliant with web standards according to their functional documents, making sure that Internal SEO has been implemented based on keyword research by the SEO and PPC divisions, properly placing call measurement, analytics, remarketing, and other JavaScript tracking code for the SEO and Paid Search division, monitoring any security concerns such as hackers or phishes that try to infiltrate the security that has been set in place (this is exclusive to the project), managing MX (mail exchange) server issues clients may have, and keeping up-to-date on the latest programming technology and hardware technology to be competitive with other firms. Mr. Villarreal also brought up an interesting point that Interactive Media is different from other fields in the sense that a lot of the technology and programming languages that are being
  • 3. 3 used to develop are not taught in universities, also the industry is so large and specialized it really depends on what kind of work the firm is looking for. That statement came after I brought up what he thought candidate qualifications for this job should include. However, he went onto say that their company prefers a bachelor degree but the qualifications are subjective to the firm’s purpose, and if one has the experience (along with the degree) they would be an excellent candidate for the job. He said the most significant part was experience with Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP and a variety of other programs. After he gave me the list of qualifications he wanted me to know that people who want this job really needed to keep up with the technology because if they do not, that is how one gets left behind in the job. The last key topic that Mr. Villarreal and I talked about was regarding the career path of a Sr. Interactive Developer. He said, as any career, job titles vary and people also take different paths to reach their dream positions. Mr. Villarreal said one career path option could entail starting off as an Interactive Designer, followed by an Interactive Writer, then maybe pursuing a career as a Creative Director, which then may result in becoming an Information Architect, which may lead to an Interactive Developer, which results later to become an Account Manager, and finally reaching the top as an Interactive Project Manager. After hearing about this career path a Sr. Interactive Developer could take, I asked Mr. Villarreal what kind of advice he would give someone who is just starting out in this industry and he responded simply by saying do not be afraid to ask for help. I found that another interesting topic because he went onto say that because a person’s mind is always running to find the correct solutions they might forget the simplest things so it is okay to ask for help when one forgets how to do something. After my interview with Mr. Villarreal, I gain a deeper insight what it takes to become a Sr. Interactive Developer. He provided me with knowledge that most people my age do not
  • 4. 4 know and I am very appreciative that he took the time from his busy schedule so I can provide people this information. Subsequent to learning about this position’s job responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, and other fascinating facts, I hope that one day that maybe I could reach this position as a career of my own.