PowerPoint Presentation Department of Computer Science

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Computer Science Department Sonoma State
University
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What do CS Grads do?

• Game Programmer
• 3D Graphics Programmer
• Software Engineer
• Software Developer
• Finance Analyst
• Research Assistant
• Design Engineer
• Web Developer
• Application Developer
• Consultant
• Combine CS with interests in other fields
• Biology - bioinformatics
• Business - commercial databases
• English - technical writing
• Law - cyberlaw cybercrime

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1 BEST JOB in America
SOFTWARE ENGINEER (a.k.a. BS in Computer Science
Graduate)

• April 2006 - CNNs MONEY Magazine and Salary.com
  researched hundreds of jobs, considering their
  growth, pay, stress-levels and other factors.
  Software engineer ranked highest.
• http//money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/
• Average salary 80,500
• 10 year growth 46
• Average annual job openings 44,800

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Computer Science Career Outlook 2009

• U.S. Department of Labor
• 6 of the top 16 fastest growing jobs are CS
  related
• 5 of the top 50 highest paid jobs are CS related
  
• Wall Street Journal
• 3 of the first 20 best jobs in the world are CS
  related (two are in the top six)
• Career Cast
• 2 of the top 10 best jobs you can get today are
  CS related
• MSN Career Builder
• Lists computer programmer as the 1 growing job
  for 2009 in its Professional and Related
  Occupations category

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• Computer science graduates are in greater demand
  than ever and can expect prosperous job and
  graduate school opportunities.

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Who is a Computer Scientist?

• A computer scientist likes to
• solve problems
• create new things
• stay atop of technology

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CS Classes
artificial intelligence bioinformatics data
compression computer game development computer
graphics computer networking and the
Internet malware - viruses and worms wireless
networks
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Sound interesting?
Come By The Computer Science Department For
Advise
Attend a CS Club Meeting
Visit www.cs.sonoma.edu
Consider Taking CS115 Programming 1
Thank You!