Career in Information Technology field in India

While growing in IT, most of the team members prefer to follow a technical career path for at least few years and then they take a call on whether they would like to continue on Technical path or Management path and take the further path accordingly. Here are some IT career paths you can choose in India. With some differences in Titles / Roles, it should be possible to pursue similar paths in other countries also.

Developer -> Module Lead / Tech Lead -> Project Lead -> Architect -> Technical Manager

Developer -> Module Lead / Tech Lead -> Project Lead -> Assistant / Associate PM -> Project Manager (PM)

Tester -> Test Lead / QA Lead -> Test Manager (For Software Testing)

System Admin -> Team Lead -> IT Manager (For IT Hardware / Infrastructure)

List of common Titles / Designations used in India:

1. Application Architect / Software Architect
2. AS/400 Developer
3. AutoCAD Drafter / Draftsman
4. AutoCAD Designer
5. Big Data and Hadoop Developer
6. Business Analyst
7. C # Developer
8. C++ Developer
9. Data Scientist
10. Database Administrator – ORACLE
11. Database Administrator – SQL
12. Database Architect
13. Delivery Manager
14. Delivery Head
15. Dot Net Developer
16. Graphic Designer
17. IT Helpdesk Technician
18. IT Manager (Infrastructure)
19. IT Security Manager
20. Java Developer
21. JavaScript Developer
22. Mainframe Developer
23. Mobile Application Developer – Android
24. Mobile Application Developer – iOS
25. Network Administrator
26. Network Architect
27. PHP Developer
28. Product Manager
29. Program Manager
30. Project Lead
31. Project Manager
32. Python Developer
33. QA Lead / Test Lead
34. QA Manager
35. Ruby On Rails Developer
36. Scrum Master
37. Software Engineer / Software Developer
38. Software Support Engineer
39. Software Tester / Tester
40. Subject Matter Expert
41. System Administrator
42. System Analyst
43. Systems Programmer
44. Team Lead
45. Tech Lead / Module Lead
46. Technical Writer
47. Video Game Designer
48. Web Designer
49. Web Developer
50. WordPress Developer

There could be more designations which are specific to a Company and not necessarily all IT companies will have the same designations to climb a career ladder. People will choose different paths and specialisations at different stages of their career. This is categorised under Tech Blog section of this Blog.