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There are three main reasons that you should consider a career in the
Computing industry
- you will have excellent job prospects
- salary levels can be really rewarding
- it can be very enjoyable and provide great satisfaction
Prospects in the Computer Industry
A wide variety of interesting and well-paid jobs are available to graduates
in Computing. The demand for Computing expertise is growing (by 5% last
year, according to Computer Weekly, one of the main Computing newspapers),
and Computing graduates with a good degree are still much in demand.
Many graduates with other types of degree retrain in Computing after
their first degree in order to find employment. By doing Computing as
your first degree, you get a head start on them.
Salaries in the Computer Industry
A survey at the University of East Anglia found that new Computing graduates
were on average better paid than any other type of graduate in their university.
At present (2004), starting salaries for new graduates in Computing seem
to range between £15,000 (for people who choose to work for small
local companies) and £30,000 for specialist skills, with the average
starting salary being somewhere in the middle of that range.
Those salaries will increase as experience is gained, and £60,000
and a good company car is possible for high fliers with 5-10 years experience
and marketable skills. I know several people who earn over £100,000
per year in the Computing industry. If you own your own business then
the sky is the limit. Four out of the world’s ten richest people
made their money from Computing - Bill Gates (worth $46 billion in 2003),
Paul Allen ($22 billion), Larry Ellison ($18 billion) and Michael Dell
($13 billion).
Working in the Computer Industry
The Computing industry has jobs both for those who like to work with people,
and for those who prefer to hide away and write programs. My own experience
of my first few years working in Computing was amazement that people would
pay me for having so much fun.
Whether you like solving problems, or finding out what people need and
making sure that it happens, or building something new that no-one else
has ever built before, then there are jobs in the Computing industry that
are appropriate for you.
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