This blog will be a brief exploration into what the computer science field is. It will look at what people in this field do, what they're interests are, the thoughts and values shared among those in the field, and the computer science field's larger purpose.
A few of the main careers in this field include, software development, database administrator, and web developer. There are a lot more careers that one could do, but these are a few of the major ones.
As a software developer one could expect to review software systems, present improvements for those systems, writing program code, and working closely with other staff involved on the same projects.
A database administrator is somebody who is responsible for maintaining the security and performance of a database. Along with that they can expect to monitor the database's security and user access as well as maintaining the physical storage of the database as well.
A web developer is someone who can expect to closely in a development team while they work towards developing a web page. The job will entail converting raw images and layouts into HTML and CSS code and other tasks that the project manager might need completed.
Those in the computer science field share the interest of technological things. One might think that is a broad statement, but to have your entire career focus on technology, it is hard to not develop and maintain an interest for those things. It's difficult to speak for all those in the computer science field, but I would think that many in the field have an interest in programming as well.
Among with the shared interest of technology and programming, I would think that those in the computer science field would value code that is well organized.and easy to understand. Other values that we learn in our degree that would hopefully continue are cultural, societal, and global issues, and dealing with them ethically.
The computer science field has a huge impact on the world today. Many of the things that involve technology would have somebody from the computer science field involved. Some of the major things that the field impacts is, you guessed it, computers. Computers have become such a large part of our society these days, without people in the field, it would be impossible to improve and maintain the systems we have today.
A few of the main careers in this field include, software development, database administrator, and web developer. There are a lot more careers that one could do, but these are a few of the major ones.
As a software developer one could expect to review software systems, present improvements for those systems, writing program code, and working closely with other staff involved on the same projects.
A database administrator is somebody who is responsible for maintaining the security and performance of a database. Along with that they can expect to monitor the database's security and user access as well as maintaining the physical storage of the database as well.
A web developer is someone who can expect to closely in a development team while they work towards developing a web page. The job will entail converting raw images and layouts into HTML and CSS code and other tasks that the project manager might need completed.
Those in the computer science field share the interest of technological things. One might think that is a broad statement, but to have your entire career focus on technology, it is hard to not develop and maintain an interest for those things. It's difficult to speak for all those in the computer science field, but I would think that many in the field have an interest in programming as well.
Among with the shared interest of technology and programming, I would think that those in the computer science field would value code that is well organized.and easy to understand. Other values that we learn in our degree that would hopefully continue are cultural, societal, and global issues, and dealing with them ethically.
The computer science field has a huge impact on the world today. Many of the things that involve technology would have somebody from the computer science field involved. Some of the major things that the field impacts is, you guessed it, computers. Computers have become such a large part of our society these days, without people in the field, it would be impossible to improve and maintain the systems we have today.
I enjoyed your perspective on the Computer Science field Erica! I myself am also a Computer Science major and I agree with everything you said. We definitely do all share an interest in technological things! It isn’t any surprise that the people in our field are typically nerds, geeks, or just plain introverts, and that’s okay! I’d have to say someone who is in our field of Computer Science who doesn’t like technical things and/or programming is perusing the wrong college degree!
ReplyDeleteOne of my pet peeves is poorly organized/commented code, I couldn’t agree more than we should all value that as a positive trait! I like to write code with a lot of semantically meaning, as they say; good source code can speak for itself (even without comments).
I would go as far to say that ALL of the things that involve technology involve the computer science field. It’s both a blessing and a curse. It’s wonderful that the things we use daily are becoming more advanced and “smart” to do their own tasks. But there’s a growing security over being so intricately connected to the entire world. Software security remains to be a huge area of concern that many companies are finding it challenging to find developers qualified in security. With recent leaks and bugs such as Heartbleed and the Target credit card database leak, it’s very important for developers to always have testing and security on the back of their minds! Thanks for the article!