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What Can You Do With A Computer Science Degree?

The document discusses career options for computer science students, outlining 5 common careers - software developer, computer systems analyst, computer systems engineer, network administrator, and database administrator. It provides details on typical job duties and median salaries for each career based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The document encourages computer science students to gain experience and continue their education to have the best opportunities for success.

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What Can You Do With A Computer Science Degree?

The document discusses career options for computer science students, outlining 5 common careers - software developer, computer systems analyst, computer systems engineer, network administrator, and database administrator. It provides details on typical job duties and median salaries for each career based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The document encourages computer science students to gain experience and continue their education to have the best opportunities for success.

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What can you do with a computer science degree?

Written by Mehrad Moradinik / 04-26-2017

Teachers name: Karen Klassen

Course: 1030 / spring 2017

If you are student in computer science, you will learn so many skills that are

important for employers such as programming, network and leadership etc.

One of the most important things that people must know about their majors

is the careers they will gain with their degrees. If you are so good in your

study but dont know what you are able to do with that degree, you are going

to be lost, or maybe you are talented in computer but you didnt learn in a

right way, you cant use it in maximum efficiency.

As you look for your options, its useful to know what kind of jobs will be

available in computer science degree. To help you in your research, we

analyzed more than 560,000 job postings over the past year to

determine the most common positions for computer science degree

holders said by Callie Malvik in Burning-Glass.com (analysis of 561,194

computer science jobs, Jul. 01, 2014 Jun. 30, 2015). You can also keep
studying to get Master or PHD degrees and become teacher or professor and

working at the university.

Computer science students who are graduated will become qualified for

a wide range of positions and careers and I am going to introduce five of the

best careers in computer science and it can help you to find which one you

are interested in:

1. Software applications developers are the intelligent minds

behind computer programs. They create and develop applications that

people can do specific tasks on computers or other devices by using

them. They also develop the smart systems that run the devices or

control networks. In this career, you must Design computer

applications software and improve existing software to optimize correct

errors or evaluate software requirements. Mean hourly wage in

this career is 50.14 $ and California is the highest employment

level in USA. (researcher team in www.bls.gov).


2. Computer systems analyst helps companies and organizations

use computer technology effectively and efficiently. they synthesize

new technology into a company's current system after analyses cost

and benefit to realize whether doing this is financially and will serve

well. This is another interesting job you can do which you should

Analyze data processing issues to fix computer systems, develop

system design procedures and improve system compatibility so

information can be shared easily. Mean hourly wage in this


occupation is $44.05 and California is the highest employment

level in USA. (researcher team in www.bls.gov)


3. Computer systems engineer provides you to amuse in the

design of unified hardware and software solution for technical

problems. They are involved in many forms of computing, such as

design of individual microprocessors, personal computers, and even

supercomputers. This can be another option if someone likes

Developing solutions to complex applications problems and

troubleshooting computer systems. Median annual salary in thins

occupation is $83,410 and New York is the highest employment

level in USA. (researcher team in www.bls.gov)


4. Network systems administrator or we also call them network

technician control networks and setup their performance as needed.

Network systems administrators install, configure and support

computers for companies or organizations. This occupation is one of

the best in computer science and your duties are Installing and

supporting an organizations network system, testing website functions

to double check if there is any error in performance and back

up/recovery all data. Mean hourly wage in this career is $40.63

and California, Texas and New York are States with the highest

employment level in USA. (researcher team in www.bls.gov)


5. Database administrator use specific software to store and organize

data, such as financial information and customer shipping records.

They make sure that data are available to users and are secure from
unauthorized access. In this job, you must test computer database,

find changes and fix errors to databases and apply security tools to

keep information secure. Mean hourly wage in this occupation is

$40.19 and California, Texas and Florida are States with the

highest employment level in USA. (researcher team in

www.bls.gov)

There are also so many opportunities in computer science career and I

just mentioned a few of the best. You can work on your skills by updating

your knowledge. As I said, you must choose specific minor and start

working on it and also getting experience is so important for computer

engineers and if you want to be succeed you need to have degree,

experience and being updated.

Summery

If you are studying in computer science you have a lot of different options

and careers. Programming, networking, design and security computer

systems etc. Thus, remember that you can change everything in this

world and if you work hard, study well and have goal you can do the best

in this major. I can say you are in the best way to succeed.
Citation:

Callie Malvik in Burning-Glass.com

(analysis of 561,194 computer science

jobs, Jul. 01, 2014 Jun. 30, 2015)


www.bls.gov/occupational outlook

handbook
www.topuniversities.com/student_informa

tion/computer science
www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/technology/

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