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Robert Baird
CSIS-1030
8/4/2017
What you can do with a Computer Science degree
Having a degree in computer science can provide nearly endless reliable and exciting job
opportunities. Technology keeps advancing and the demand for skilled labor who know how to
work in this field keeps going up and up. Computer science is an exciting field with a broad job
market filled with careers that provide great benefits and satisfaction knowing you are making
One of the great benefits of choosing to get this degree is the career paths. There are
different opportunities to pursue it may be hard to figure out which path is best. Let us take a
dive deeper into some of these careers in the computer science field to see the roles and what the
job entails.
Software developers are responsible for creating computer programs. In this career, it is
determine where they can specialize. Another key skill that is needed in this career is being
familiar with data structures and algorithms. As a developer with these skills there are many jobs
open either working for a large business, government agency or even working on video games or
mobile applications.
Cyber Security is another very exciting and rewarding career path. With this pathway,
there are also a lot of different opportunities to work for small startups all the way to big
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Gerrick Watkins
Robert Baird
CSIS-1030
8/4/2017
What you can do with a Computer Science degree
businesses or government agencies. Some of the responsibilities in this field include making sure
the companies systems are safe and secure from someone attempting to breach and gain sensitive
information to the company or business. In this field, it is very important to be able to detect
potential vulnerabilities in the system and planning the appropriate defenses to stop an attack.
Being able to keep our computer systems safe from unauthorized users or hackers is becoming
ever more important especially as technology is advancing and everything is becoming digital.
One of the other careers that is available with a computer science degree is information
technology or I.T. As with the other careers that were covered earlier, information technology
offers a wide selection of specialties. There are infrastructure architects who are responsible for
designing and developing the foundations for the computer networks. Systems managers are
responsible for knowing the system down to every detail. Technical consultants can either work
independently or for a company helping the employees learn how to use the product specific to
their job.
There are a lot of different career paths to take with this degree the career outlook for
almost all the jobs under the computer science field have a great future. In fact, the job outlook
for the years 2014-2024 in many of these careers are much higher than the national average.
Security analysts are expected to rise 18 percent in that period. ("occupational outlook"
2017) Many of the other careers like information management, software developers and
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Gerrick Watkins
Robert Baird
CSIS-1030
8/4/2017
What you can do with a Computer Science degree
Computers are not going away they are just getting increasingly engrained in our society
and play an important role in our world from business to medical to education needs. Getting a
degree in computer science will provide a bright future and a very rewarding work environment
no matter which career path is taken. The workforce needs skilled laborers who know how to
code, how to run the systems and how to protect the systems. Getting this degree is one of the
best decisions someone can make right now who is going through college trying to decide what
career to pursue.
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Gerrick Watkins
Robert Baird
CSIS-1030
8/4/2017
What you can do with a Computer Science degree
Bibliography
<http://www.computerscience.org/careers/>.
"Occupational outlook." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d.
technology/information-security-analysts.htm>.