Computer Software Engineer

Steve Smalley5/21/12Hour 4

Job Duties/Description

Design and develop software Use computer science and mathematics to test and evaluate

software applications Design and develop computer games, business applications,

operating systems, network control systems, and middleware Analyze users needs and then design, test, and develop them Ensuring that underlying systems will work properly

Levels of Career Software Engineer, Applications- developing applications Basic Software Engineer- developing software Software Engineer, Systems- developing complex software

systems

Salary $90,530 per year $43.52 hourly

Education

Need to go to college Need at least a bachelors degree 3-5 years of college

Job outlook/Employment

Employment rate set to increase by 30 percent by 2020 Not competitive due to increase in job openings.

Schools For Software Engineering

Wayne State Macomb Community College Michigan University Michigan State University Central Michigan University

Tuition Wayne State- $8,426 per year Michigan University- $26,810 per year Michigan State University- $21,026 per year Central Michigan University- $21,002 per year

Organizations Hiring Software Engineers

Microsoft Facebook Apple Cisco Oracle Google Yahoo

Summary From the information I have gathered,

this seems like a good choice for me. I like electronics and would like to work with them. Everything about the job suits me and it seems very interesting.

Works Cited http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-inf

ormation-technology/software-developers.htm

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ http://

jobsearchtech.about.com/od/careersintechnology/p/SWEngineer.htm