Students in a CS course often ask questions like: what next? what do I
need to do for a CS career? what are my options?
To help answer these questions:
We have prepared a
one-page Q&A for students.
(If there are obvious questions not answered, please let us know
how we can help).
Some useful web resources:
The U.S. Labor Department publishes Occupation Outlook,
covering all kinds of professions. This describes the nature
of the work, working conditions, employment prospects and typical earnings.
The IEEE Computer Society has a
section on
careers in computing
The Association for Computing Machinery has a
career center website.
Of particular interest is the
section on CS careers. This page has links to descriptions of
"a day in the life of a CS professional".
Is CS for me?, a short description from the University of
London.
And What is
CS? from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Some answers to the question: What is Computer Science?
