Careers With Computer Science Degrees [sciencetechnology-center.blogspot.com]

Careers With Computer Science Degrees [sciencetechnology-center.blogspot.com]

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Sergey Brin - all these names command huge respect not just in the world of technology, but across the global corporate landscape. If these are the people you idolize and computers are your world, then it won't be a bad idea to consider a career in computer science.

Apart from being one of the highest paid professions, computer science is a fascinating field that keeps evolving as more and more businesses increase the use of technology in their operations. This has created a huge demand for trained computer scientists and information technology experts.

While a computer science degree is already a popular choice among students, the Bureau of Labor Statistics points out that job prospects are best for applicants with a bachelor's or higher degree. A Bachelor of Computer Science will prepare professionals for high competency jobs in programming, network administration, and database management.

There are mainly four ca reer paths that an individual can follow with a computer science degree. First, and probably the most respected, is research. However, to enter into the field of research, one needs to acquire higher degrees such as a Master's or a Ph.D. Computer science researchers are employed by academic institutions or the research and development wings of technology companies.

The second option for someone with a degree in computer science is to enter the exciting world of computer programming. Computer programmers write, test and maintain programs that are designed to make computers complete specific tasks.

Programmers work in a variety of organizations including computer design system companies, software publishers, financial institutions, and government agencies. Many computer programmers are self employed or work as consultants on a contractual basis. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 17,000 computer programmers were self-employed in 2006.

Third is the field of database management. Database managers or administrators design, implement, maintain and repair an organization's database. It's a highly responsible job involving security administration and data analysis among other things. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts excellent job prospects for database administrators with 37 percent growth in employment from 2006 to 2016.

Lastly, computer science degrees equips you with skills to work as a network administrator in an organization. Network administrators are responsible for the maintenance of computer hardware and software within a network and ensure their smooth functioning.

Most of these jobs involve working in comfortable offices and laboratories and have attractive compensation packages. According to a survey published by National Association of Colleges and Employers, the average salary offered to computer science graduates in 2007 was $ 53,051. So, if you want to join the next generation of com puter whizzes who will replace Gates and co., now is the time to hop on the technology bandwagon.

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Question by FWilhelmN: What are important areas to address in the science and religion debate? I am a senior in high school and I have to give a 3-hour seminar about science and religion. I just want to get a general sense of what the main points of discussion are. I'm thinking one hour about the an historical perspective, one hour about theological and Biblical contradictions, and one hour about epistemological differences. What do you think I should do? What are some key areas I missed? Best answer for What are important areas to address in the science and religion debate?:

Answer by New Guy
There are somethings religions cannot explain and somethings science cannot explain or lack evidence.

Answer by J S
A three-hour seminar may be handled in various styles. An easier way to handle it would be: allow for participants' opinions, on some general questions. Ask students who don't contribute direct questions, for their opinions. You sound somewhat anti-religious in the sense of one hour for "theological contradictions." What you may be leaving uncovered: the key distinction that is "sensibility." Religious belief tends to emphasize soul-purity, spiritualization of senses. Science believes in objectifying 5-sense data stream as focusing on atoms and such. At the outset, genuine inquiry will note that genuine self-purification, as by meditation, dream journals, and suchlike, is not part of science nor of eliminative materialist philosophizing. Philosophers such as Plotinus and Husserl, who have focused on purification, are quite different from materialistic thinkers. Religion is more like the Plotinus and Husserl type of philosophy. The basic conclusion is that spiritual experience is related to soul awareness or spiritualization of sensibility, and is mostly outside scientific inquiry. http://www.tillerfoundation http://www.noetic.org http://www.towardthelight.org/neardeathstudies/suchapter.html http://www.sheldrake.org http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_09_2_peoch.pdf http://www.lucidity.com and http://www.nderf.org are examples of a middle or combinational area of science exploring soul-purified spiritualism. It is important to realize that any proof of a universal negative, such as "God does not exist," is logically impossible. And, along the lines of Hawking's "Grand Design," it is worth noting the poor logic that book bases its argument on: a circularism: "something comes of nothing." Logically and scientifically, nothing has never been found, and causality always occurs. Genuine nothingness could not have causality, i.e., quantum fluctuation, as Dr. Hawking alleges. And, keep your perspective light or non-condemning, particularly if some students have any kind of feeling for Deity. There is not a general consensus about the "debate" science and religion seem to have, so scoring points is not really educational nor true to the whole.

Answer by estephan500
Make sure to devote a major section to the question "What are the things that create the perception that science and religion are not compatible." When you set aside the relatively extreme people on either side that intentionally define things so that the two will seem incompatible, it becomes clear that there is a strong possible compatibility between a god and a complex evolutionary science. A god creates all things, and one of the things he made is an incredible structure of ongoing creation, development, atoms, energy, and biology. There are on both sides many people that are unhappy that the debate is phrased in terms of religion VERSUS science, and who instead want to ask the question of whether god made science. Then a question becomes, who is it that has an interest in the two being seen as not compatible? People who prefer the current condition of un-constructive animosity between the two.

Answer by Josh Alfred
1. Whether or not the religion is helping people fulfill their needs, if not, or if so, to what extent is it relevant for need fulfillment, to continue survival? 2. What does theology have to do with biological survival? 3. What is nature in religion? Is religion environmentalistic? 4. What does life depend on more, need fulfillment, or theology?

Answer by clydastes
It is important to make a point that few people seem to recognize: science is DEFINED as a system of thought to explain the universe in terms of nature without reference to a deity. Science is a way of examining and understanding that is purposely separated from religion. Science and religion can offer two different viewpoints on the world that are contradictory because they operate differently. Scientific laws must be testable in some way, but religious ideas do not. However, there are many new scientific proposals that are not as yet testable. In these cases they are just ideas until some way is found of testing them. Science is continually expanding its view of the universe and how it functions. No one can say that some fundamentally huge scientific breakthrough can not eventually happen to show us a different functioning of reality that reveals a supreme intelligence. The frontiers of science include the big bang which is unexplained, and such ideas as string theory that suggest there might be many parallel universes intsecting with our own, which are beyond our understanding now. If is about religion you will have a good area to begin with - what is religion? If you compare the different religions in the world what do they have in common? It will have to boil down to a few conclusions: 1) they all (except maybe Buddhism) believe in a God - but I think Hinduism recognizes a lot of gods at different levels. 2) They all are different in a lot of the details about what God wants of us and what God is like and our role. 3) ultimately it is about spirituality that includes an invisible world outside our own, with a divine presence of some sort. But you can also say that since the details are different for different religions they can not all be right, so even if everyone believes his religion is "correct" they have no way to prove it and most of them are wrong about the details even if they are correct about the essential elements. Thus, if you insist that there was a great flood such as described in the Bible, you will conflict not only with science, but with other religions as well. As a conclusion you might look at how people define their belief in religion - is it based on the idea that every word of the holy book is absolutely correct? Is it the human principles of conduct? Is it simply the belief that there is a God who cares for us, and that our holy books are attempts to bring that idea to us?

Answer by happy
There's no debates. There's only one reality. It's either real & exists or it dosen't. there's only yes or no. Not maybe or "if this- then that, if that then this". Either you can prove it to a degree that it's applicable to practical life calculations, or it's irrelevant.

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