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The Career that I Really Want!

After completing the different assessments and researching two different careers, some of which you may not be
interested in, now you can research the occupation that you really, really want, or choose one that you found doing
the assessments.

Use the information from the Career One Stop, O*Net Online, or Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational
Outlook Handbook to research information about your chosen career.

Career you are researching: Computer Engineer

1. Summary 2015
2015 Median Pay - 115080
Entry-Level Education - Bachelors degree
Number of Jobs 2015 77700
Job Outlook 2015-2020 - 3% growth

2. Describe, in detail, What They Do (List duties and briefly summarize):

Computer hardware engineers research, develop and test computer systems and components such as processors
circuit boards networks and routers.

3. Tell me about the Working Environment?

Computer hardware engineers usually work in research labs that build and test different types of computer models.
Most work in high-tech manufacturing firms.

4. How many hours can you expect on working a week? (Look in the Working Environment.)
40 hours per a week

5. Do you need a college degree or other schooling beyond high school for this job? (How to Become One)
If yes, what kind of school, and what will you need to obtain?

You will need a bachelor at minimum in computer engineering in order to get a job in this field

6. Is there any special training for this job?

If yes, what type of training do you need?
no

7. How will you advance in this job?

You can work your way up at a company from a engineer to a supervisor or manager.

8. What is the projected employment in 2020? (Job Outlook)

77700
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9. What is the Job Outlook for your field?

3%

10. What is the median annual earning? (Pay)

11730$ per a year

11. List four Related Occupations:

1. computer networking
2. computer information systems manager
3. computer programmer
4. aerospace engineers

12. List three Contacts for further information. (Contacts for More Info)

1. http://www.acm.org/
2. http://www.computer.org/
3. http://www.abet.org/

13. Were you surprised about how much money you would really make? Why?

Yes, I thought I would make much less doing this but I guess computer engineers make a good amount of money

14. Does the Job Outlook make you more confident about your chosen career or more nervous? Why?

The job outlook makes me nervous it is only 3% growth. I may broaden my degree so I could get other similar jobs

15. Tell me something that you learned about this specific career.
I expected this carrier to be working in dark rooms with huge networks but many of the people work In bright labs
that have smaller computers

16. Did any of the Related Occupations look interesting to you? (If yes, tell which one and why. If no, explain why).

The computer information systems manager peaked my interest because I saw the base degree I could get for it at
our community college which would make getting a degree for that easier. Also, I did not realize that it was similar
to the computer engineering field