How to become a software developer - Mike Jones, Sheaf Digital

Mike Jones runs software consultancy Sheaf Digital. His new Sheffield Apprenticeships app looks set to help young people identify good quality apprenticeships. And twenty years ago, Mike made a big career switch, from schoolteacher to software developer. 

Mike tells me what Sheaf Digital does, why he launched the Sheffield Apprenticeships app as a "passion project" and how it works for users (and apprenticeship providers).

And he explains his career progression, from teacher, to employee in a large tech firm, to running his own software development business, Sheaf Digital.

This episode is packed with great advice about:

- developing side projects,
- building apps and getting them accepted in the Apple app and Google Play stores,
- learning new skills,
- identifying where you want to be in your career and a pathway to get there,
- gaining appropriate, transferable skills and experience,
- business management and development advice for anyone who runs their own business or is self-employed,
- how to become a software developer without a degree in computer science!