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Careers in Computer Science Explained

Computer science skills will be required for most 21st century careers as technologies like bioinformatics, health informatics, and genomics continue to grow. These skills are in high demand but current school programs cannot meet the need, and computer science careers offer salaries from $65,000 to over $100,000 on average at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, McAfee, IBM, and Cisco Systems who look for both core technical abilities and experience in application domains.

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Careers in Computer Science Explained

Computer science skills will be required for most 21st century careers as technologies like bioinformatics, health informatics, and genomics continue to grow. These skills are in high demand but current school programs cannot meet the need, and computer science careers offer salaries from $65,000 to over $100,000 on average at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, McAfee, IBM, and Cisco Systems who look for both core technical abilities and experience in application domains.

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Computer Science Leads To Many Careers

o Vast majority of 21st century careers will require basic understanding of computer science
o Many Careers will likely require ICT + Expertise in:

- Bioinformatics - Interactive Digital Media


- Health-informatics - Genomics
- GIS - Information Science
- Enviro-Informatics - Food Science

Talent is in greater demand than current school programs

can supply

Companies Range of Salaries Average Salaries


for Software for Software What are employees looking for?
Engineers Engineers
Microsoft 65k-110k $82,860  Core technical skills
Amazon 80k-90k $85,000  Experience with domain
applications
McAfee 67k-1107k $82,000

IBM 70k-120k $94,758


Cisco System 80k-90k $84,500

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