By Valerie Black

Interviewee name: Jonathan Black Degree: Bachelors degree Current Place of employment: Diamondvoice Messaging and Information Services Address:

Q: Please describe your technology field. A: Telecommunications Q: What is your current job title? A: Chief Information Officer Q: Please describe your current job and duties. A: “I do computer programming. I also do customer technical support.” Q: What is your average work schedule and hours per week? A: 9-5 Monday-Friday and on call 24/7

Q: Starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically. A: “Graduated high school, 1 semester of programming at DelMar college, Bachelors degree in Biblical Literature at Ozark Bible Institute, several additional classes at Crowder College.” Q:If you had it to do over, related to your career or education, would you do anything differently? A: “Probably not because if I had done anything different, my family would be totally different, my life would be totally different, and I would be totally different so I don’t think I would change anything.” Q: What advice would you give to me, or someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours? A: “Figure out what you want and focus on that, then get the education that goes along with it.”

Q: What surprised you the most about the interview? A: What surprised me the most about the interview was that most of his education was not supportive of his current career. Q: What was the most important piece of information that you learned from the interview? A: The most important thing I learned from the interview is that I need to focus on what I want and go for it. Q: How has this interview influenced your feelings about your future career? A: The interview influenced me to think more about going into a more technology based field.

Valerie Black Principles of Engineering

A web developer is responsible design, layout, and coding of a website. They also keep up with existing websites. Web developers are employed for lots of different departments. If a business needs a website, they normally have a web developer that makes the website for them. A web developer normally works between hours a week, Monday through Friday. It is normally in an open- plan office environment. Open-plan offices are unlike cubicles because they don’t have walls so there isn’t much privacy. Web developers are needed everywhere but there are lots of opportunities in the UK and especially in the South East part of the UK.

This field is pretty generalized because they are needed in lots of different departments. All you really need to know is computer programming to an extent and graphics. Employers look for applicants that have a variety of degrees so they don’t just have to have a business or computer degree as long as they are good problem solvers and have a basic knowledge of computers.

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