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Computer Careers

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Computer Careers

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  1. tech@north Computer Careers -Differences -Colleges -Jobs

  2. tech@north Computer science majors make some of the highest starting salaries for college graduates in the country, at about $50,000 a year. Computer science and computer engineering jobs are some of the fastest-growing occupations in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. So why are university computer science departments watching their enrollments slide? This fall, Vanderbilt University's computer science department is less than half the size it was in 2001. This year, enrollment fell again, to 61 students from 78 a year ago. Computer engineering has dropped as well. At universities across the country, the picture has been similar. Fewer and fewer people are enrolling in university computer science programs, just at a time when employers say they can't find enough qualified employees. "We're going crazy trying to find candidates,'' said Sridevi Movva, the managing partner of Nashville IT consulting firm Optimum Technologies Solutions. Excerpt from “Universities see sharp drop in Computer Science majors” Tennessean.com 9/25/06

  3. tech@north Computer Hardware-networking

  4. tech@north Computer Programming

  5. tech@north Computer Science “A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” -D. Adams

  6. tech@north Computer Engineering

  7. tech@north Other Careers

  8. tech@north Types of programs • Community college • Inverse curriculum • Professional school model • Standard engineering program • Engineering school • 3-2 programs

  9. tech@north Tech Degrees • State Universities: • OIT - Engineering Technology • OSU – CS / CE • UO - CS/Math , CS • PSU - CS/CE/EE/ME • WOU – CS,CS/Math • UP - CS, CS/Math

  10. tech@north • Seattle Pacific: engineering, CS • Willamette - CS • Pacific Lutheran – CS,CS/Math • Harvey Mudd - engineering, CS/Math, CS • Carnegie Mellon University - multiple engineering • Cornell - CS More Schools:

  11. tech@north $$$ Tuition $$$ - 2006 • Carnegie Mellon $53,660 • Chemeketa $3,510 • Cornell$52,414 • Harvey Mudd $52,727 • OIT* $10,032 • OSU $18,309 • PLU* $35,905 • PSU $20,378 • SPU $27,810 • UO $18,230 • UP$41,855 • WOU* $18,453 • WU $44,880 * : Was not able to find AP ….credit acceptance online

  12. tech@north Other components: • Internships • Credits-Diverse courses • Acceptance of AP credits • Acceptance of CC credits • Advanced degrees • 3-2 Programs

  13. tech@north Careers! Salaries Unemployment %

  14. tech@north "Computer programming is a great field for women,” says Laura Janet Butler, a 26-year-old Harvard dropout, who now works for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Once a history major, she's now a senior software design engineer. "No one cares what you look like or exactly what hours you work. They just care how good you are at your job."

  15. tech@north Skills Employers Want!

  16. tech@north The US Department of Education -- 4 out of the top 10 “Very High-Wage Occupations” opening between now and 2008 will directly involve computer science.

  17. tech@north Education vs. Weekly Income(2006) • No High School Diploma: $384 • High School Diploma: $533 • Some College: $598 • Assoc. Degree (2 yrs) : $677 • Bach. Degree (4 yrs) or higher: $960+

  18. By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 26, 6:28 AM ET • WASHINGTON - How much is a bachelor's degree worth? About $23,000 a year, the government said in a report released Thursday. • That is the average gap in earnings between adults with bachelor's degrees and those with high school diplomas, according to data from the • . • College graduates made an average of $51,554 in 2004, the most recent figures available, compared with $28,645 for adults with a high school diploma. High school dropouts earned an average of $19,169 and those with advanced college degrees made an average of $78,093. • "There appear to be strong incentives to get a college degree, given the gaps that we observe," said Lisa Barrow, senior economist at the

  19. tech@north Education vs. Unemployment (2006) • No High School Diploma: 11.8% • High School Diploma: 6.1% • Some College: 5.3% • Assoc. Degree (2 yrs) : 3.9% • Bach. Degree (4 yrs) or higher : 2.9%

  20. “Show Me the Numbers” Computer and Math Occupations YEAREMPLOYMENTANNUAL $ • 2,620,080 54,930 2005 2,952,740 67,100 “We’re seeing just explosive growth in everything” in the tech sector, said Chad Macy, a high-tech recruiter in Austin. CSTA - 9/2006

  21. tech@north $ in Thousands

  22. tech@north Questions? “Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.” -Wernher von Braun- Research and PowerPoint thanks to Travis Griswold-Jamison Fitzsimmons

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