1. Welcome
My name
I’m here to tell you a little bit about what Computer Science is.
What would it be like to be a computer science major at UNCW?
What would your life be like if you majored in Computer Science?
Just what is Computer Science.
Before I start talking about what Computer Science, there is something we need to talk about : Jobs
Because of all the talk of out-sourcing and the .dot-com crash, many people became leery of the technology sector.
Is the job environment good? What will it be like 5 years from now? 10 years?
In answering this question, you’ll see that I have a scientific disposition when it comes to answering questions like that.
Computer Science is a Science.
What does that mean? What do scientists do? What is a scientific disposition?
What we do: Make hypotheses and then test them.
So here’s a hypothesis you may have heard today: <NEXT SLIDE>
2007 Information Technology & Operations Management Career Day PhD Programs

2. Graduate Schools Often Pay You To Be a Student
“Full-time Ph.D. students are awarded tuition and fees as well as stipend support during their time of study in the form of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships.” Duke
“During the academic year, most of our students are supported by assistantships and fellowships. Applicants for assistantships are automatically considered for all available fellowships. The stipend for research and teaching assistantships for the current nine-month academic year is $14,500 (20 hours a week).” UNC-Chapel Hill
“We would like to offer you a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) in the _______ of the University of ______ starting August 18, 2007 or earlier if possible. The GRA carries a stipend paid as follows: $1425 monthly during the semester, and $2850 monthly during the summer, for a total of $21,375 per calendar year.” – In a letter to one of our undergraduates who went on to graduate school at a state university elsewhere

3. Graduate Student Support (Taulbee Survey)

4. How Are Graduate Students Funded?

5. How about after you get out?

6. Yearly Median Salary According to Education Level (2006 BLS)

7. Academia or Industry?

8. Academic Salaries

9. New PhD Salaries

10. Industry Salaries

11. It’s Not All About the Money, Is It? Is It?
How did Money magazine rate jobs?
Compensation
Stress levels
Flexibility in hours and working environment
Creativity
How easy it is to enter and advance and the field
Percentage growth in number of jobs

12. Your Questions?