Software Developer Training

Cost: $14,500
Length: 33 weeks
Working 6 months later: Not reported

Program names, program descriptions and occupation titles appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

No outcomes reported for this program

About a third of California programs report nothing. That is a fact about the program's reporting, not evidence that it works or does not.

The jobs this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Trains for more than one job. The outlook shown is the weakest of them.

No regional figures for this program's city

Angwin is not one of the metropolitan or rural areas California names when it publishes wages and openings. A neighbouring area's figures would look exactly like a correct answer, so none are shown and the statewide figures stand alone. About half of California's programs are in this position.

Database Architects

Job ads may call this: Data Officer · Data Engineer · Data Architect · Database Analyst

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

Develop and document database architectures.
Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements.
Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements.
Design databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance, and reliability.

Show 2 more things this job involves

Design database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure.
Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.

Typical pay in California: $174,923per year
Projected openings: 3,880
Projected change: +9.5%
Usually needs: Bachelor's degree

Getting in

Experience needed first: Under 5 years in a related job
Training after you are hired: None

Employers usually expect some time in a related job as well as the training. Ask the provider what their graduates did before they were hired.

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: Four-year degree — 49% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: Bachelor's degree. 22% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma: 0.3%
High school diploma: 5%
Started college, no degree: 10%
Two-year degree: 7%
Four-year degree: 49%
Master's degree: 26%
Doctorate or professional degree: 3%

This counts people already doing this job, across the whole United States. Every other figure on this page is California's, and the federal government publishes no state version of this one. It is what people happen to have, not a rule about who gets hired. A small row does not mean you would be turned away, and a large one is not a promise of a job.

Software Developers

Pay, hiring, and what people studied

Job ads may call this: Developer · Systems Engineer · Software Engineer · Software Architect

Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.
Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

Show 3 more things this job involves

Coordinate installation of software system.
Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.
Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.

Typical pay in California: $179,292per year
Projected openings: 207,260
Projected change: +18.4%
Usually needs: Bachelor's degree

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: None

No earlier job experience is expected, and new hires are not put through a long training period. For work like this, a program is usually the way in.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: Four-year degree — 52% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: Bachelor's degree. 14% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma: 0.5%
High school diploma: 2%
Started college, no degree: 7%
Two-year degree: 4%
Four-year degree: 52%
Master's degree: 30%
Doctorate or professional degree: 4%

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Pay, hiring, and what people studied

Job ads may call this: Test Engineer · Quality Engineer · Automation Tester · Software Test Engineer

Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.

Typical pay in California: $132,344per year
Projected openings: 19,160
Projected change: +9.3%
Usually needs: Bachelor's degree

Getting in

Experience needed first: None
Training after you are hired: None

No earlier job experience is expected, and new hires are not put through a long training period. For work like this, a program is usually the way in.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: Four-year degree — 50% of the people doing this work.

California says this job usually needs: Bachelor's degree. 27% of the people doing it went less far than that.

No high school diploma: 0.8%
High school diploma: 6%
Started college, no degree: 13%
Two-year degree: 8%
Four-year degree: 50%
Master's degree: 21%
Doctorate or professional degree: 2%

Program details

This program provides online instruction, e-learning, or distance learning only.

A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design analysis verification validation implementation and maintenance of computer software systems using a variety of computer languages. Includes instruction in discrete mathematics probability and statistics computer science managerial science and applications to complex computer systems.

Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-08-04). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

A comprehensive center is where all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. California's Employment Development Department directs people to CareerOneStop's finder to locate one. Contacting a center before traveling is worth it — the state notes that its own staff are not physically present at every location.

The rule: 20 CFR 678.305 — What is a comprehensive one-stop center? · 20 CFR 678.310 — What is an affiliated site? · California EDD — Office Locator

North Bay Workforce ServicesAffiliate site
Phone: 707-576-2850
606 Healdsburg AvenueEmployment Development DepartmentSanta Rosa, CA 95401about 17.4 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Has a veterans' representative
Sonoma County Job LinkComprehensive center
Phone: 707-565-5550
2227 Capricorn WaySuite 100Santa Rosa, CA 95407about 19.6 miles away
Hours: Friday 8am--4:45pm Computer Lab hours 8:30am -4:00pm
Has a veterans' representative
CareerPoint NapaComprehensive center
Phone: 707-253-4134
2751 Napa Valley Corporate DriveBldg A. Suite 106Napa, CA 94559about 23.8 miles away
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask →

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

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