PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES

Mujahid Rafiq
Mujahid.rafiq@se.uol.edu.pk
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 Professional
 Profession
 Characteristics of Profession
 Structure of Engineering Profession
 Intellectual Property
 Basics of Computing Field
Technology affects every field:
 Every 21st century student should have a
chance to learn about algorithms, how to make
apps, or how the internet works.

Just like they learn about

the digestive system,
basic science, or
electricity.
 Some may think:

The tech industry is desperately

trying to hire computer
programmers in California
The tech every industry is
desperately trying to hire
computer programmers in
California everywhere
The value of a computer science education

Source: Brookings
Computing jobs are the #1 source of new
wages in the United States

500,000 current
openings: These jobs
are in every industry
and every state, and
they’re projected to
grow at twice the rate
of all other jobs.
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Common Computing Professions

 A computer career offers a wide array of

opportunities

 Relatively high job security

 Great pay

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Common Computing Professions

 Opportunity
 fastest growing industries
 growth from 7 percent to 25 percent by the
year 2022
 low unemployment rate of between 4.2 and
0.90 percent.

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Common Computing Professions
 Education
 Expect applicants to be competent and well
educated
 More Education More Salary and Wages

 Mostly Bachelors Degree is enough for many jobs

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Common Computing Professions
 Work Environment
 Computer careers come in all shapes and
sizes.
 Traditional office environment. The 9-to-5
workaday model
 The best computer careers also allow
workers to be a freelancer that sets their
own hours or to telecommute from home via
the internet.
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Types of Careers -- Career Path 1:

 Designing and implementing software

 Bachelor’s degree is generally sufficient for entry
into this kind of career
 Large or small software companies
 Degree programs in software engineering also
educate students for this career path.

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Types of Careers -- Career Path 2:

 Devising new ways to use computers

 Career path in this area can involve advanced

graduate work, followed by a position in a research
university

 It can involve entrepreneurial activity

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Types of Careers -- Career Path 3:

 Developing effective ways to solve computing

problems

 application or development of computer science

theory and knowledge of algorithms to ensure the
best possible solutions

 typically requires graduate work to the Ph.D. level

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Types of Careers -- Career Path 4:

 Planning and managing organizational technology

infrastructure

 This is the type of work for which the new

information technology (IT) programs explicitly aim
to educate students.

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 Attractive areas for Computing
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Professionals

 Computer Science  Web Development

 Information Technology  Graphics Designing
 Software Engineering  Project Management
 Computer System Professional
Engineering  Academia and research
 Telecommunication System  Technology Users
Engineering  Interdisciplinary
 Computer Networks Applications
 Security Profession
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 Common Computing Professions
 Opportunity

 Education

 Work Environment

 Types of Careers -- Career Path 1

 Types of Careers -- Career Path 2

 Types of Careers -- Career Path 3

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 Interests can lead to a career choice

Most Interests fall into 3 categories:

1. People- interests include activities involving people.
2. Information- interests include using ideas, facts,
figures, and words.
3. Technology- interests involve working with things,
such as tools, machines, and other equipment.
 What skills are employers looking
for?
Basic Skills- Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and
mathematical operations, listens, and speaks.

Thinking skills- Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves

problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and
analyzes.

Social Skills- skills people use to interact with others.

These skills are one of the top qualities employers
look for in a job candidate.
 Personal Qualities
 Displays responsibility
 Self-esteem and self confidence
 Self-management
 Integrity and Honesty
 Cooperation
 Follows directions
 Initiative and self-motivation
 Resources for choosing a career and
seeking employment

 Research
 Networking

 Work-based Learning