Chapter 16 Careers in Information Technology CMIT100 Chapter 16 Careers in Information Technology

Learning Objectives Discuss careers in IT. Describe forms of continuing education in IT. Introduce social concerns related to IT. Discuss ethical conduct in the IT field.

Careers in IT Are you pursuing a degree in IT because of the money? You’ve got to love it… it can be so frustrating Do you hate it when the computer system or device wins? Career skills go beyond mastering the technologies Analytical skills Critical thinking (troubleshooting) Other soft skills Communicating using correct terminologies Working with a team Writing (creating technical documentation) Research (analyzing the information provided on the Internet)

Careers in IT From the US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics https://tinyurl.com/n2jxmwd

Careers in IT From the US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupations with the most job growth https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_104.htm Jobsinme.com searches: Search Information Technology: https://www.jobsinme.com/index.php?action=do_search&keywords=information+technology&zip_text= Search Computer Support: https://www.jobsinme.com/index.php?action=do_search&keywords=computer%20support&kwrd_type=b&radius=25&zip_text=&start=0&indu=260 Field Technician Job at Winxnet: https://www.jobsinme.com/job/Field-Technician-Portland,-ME/284597.html Search Information Security: https://www.jobsinme.com/index.php?action=do_search&keywords=informationsecurity&kwrd_type=b&radius=25&zip_text=&start=0&indu=260

Careers in IT Forbes Magazine: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryndill/2016/04/22/the-highest-paying-tech-jobs-right-now/#18a855e6257a The 10 Highest-Paying Tech Jobs Right Now Software Architect - $116,267* Data Scientist - $109,399 Devops Engineer - $106,045 Software Engineer - $98,304 Java Developer - $98,304 Mobile Developer - $96,133 Frontend Developer - $92,133 Software Developer - $87,185 Database Admin - $87,025 .Net Developer - $83,936 *average salary

Careers in IT Devops defined (quoting directly from Wikipedia): DevOps (a clipped compound of "development" and "operations") is a software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The main characteristic of the DevOps movement is to strongly advocate automation and monitoring at all steps of software construction, from integration, testing, releasing to deployment and infrastructure management. DevOps aims at shorter development cycles, increased deployment frequency, and more dependable releases, in close alignment with business objectives.

Careers in IT Devops defined (still quoting directly from Wikipedia): At the 2008 Agile Toronto conference, Andrew Shafer and Patrick Debois introduced the term in their talk on "Agile Infrastructure“. The term DevOps has been used in multiple different contexts. A definition proposed by Bass, Weber, and Zhu, is: “DevOps is a set of practices intended to reduce the time between committing a change to a system and the change being placed into normal production, while ensuring high quality.”

Careers in IT Agile defined (quoting directly from Wikipedia): Agile software development describes an approach to software development under which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customer(s)/end user(s). It advocates adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, and continual improvement, and it encourages rapid and flexible response to change.

Soft Skills Required by Employers So what are these soft skills being referred to? What follows are some of the cited soft skills demanded by recent employers: Articulate and observant A good listener Able to write and document work Time management skills Problem solving, critical thinking, and organizational skills Has common sense Strong work ethic, motivated, hardworking, has integrity Positive attitude Team player

Soft Skills Required by Employers Soft skills cont. Confident, courteous, honest, reliable Many jobs look at criminal backgrounds Flexible, adaptable, trainable Desire to learn, able to learn from criticism Self-supervising Can handle pressure and stress Makes eye contact with people, has good personal appearance A company person (cares about the company’s success), politically sensitive Can relate to coworkers Able to network (in social settings)

IT Ethics 10 Commandments of computer ethics: as published by the Computer Ethics Institute, Washington, DC Take the “Pledge of the Computing Professional” as you complete your CIS degree at SMCC Contact Anne Applin <aapplin@smccme.edu> for more information