Careers.CSE

Candidate may assist senior level engineers and/or scientist with data entry and technical documentation development on military systems implementation, including testing, analyses, and implementation on DoD/DoN requirements, programs and/or projects. Opportunities exist with testing and analyses of software efforts using JAVA and\or \MICROSOFT development technologies and both front end languages, web specific languages such as ASP and JAVAScript, and other languages such as C, Perl, and SQL. Database possibilities exist using ACCESS and/or SQLSERVER.

The applicant must be accepted before April 15th, 2008. The individual should be a Charleston area resident and a US citizen. This program is intended for rising sophomore, juniors, or seniors. The specifics are: it's a 10 week program, working up to 40 hours per week, for $10 per hour pay.

We are looking for a bright college student that is familiar with asp.net and sql server. Must be a quick learner and be willing to work occasionally on weekends. Hours will be flexible around the students schedule. Will assist in development with other team members of large scale web application for statistical analysis.

The right person will be paid up to 20/hr and has the potential to become a full time position after graduation.

Kevin Tavera
Lead Technical Architect
Taveracorp, Inc.
803.873.5858
kevin.tavera@taveracorp.com

Planning a research-based career in math, science, or engineering?

Attend the Goldwater Scholarship workshop on Monday, March 31, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. in the Gressette Room, Harper College.

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is for students who:

• Are planning a research-based career in math, science, or engineering
• Are rising sophomores or juniors pursuing a baccalaureate degree
• Have an excellent GPA
• Are U.S. citizens, resident aliens, or U.S. nationals

This award covers eligible expenses up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.

Hope to see you there!

The table below is from this NSF Info Brief. You can get a lot more information there.

The CRA summarizes this data as follows:

CS graduates were most likely to be employed in business and industry and to be working full-time. At the bachelor’s level, 82% of CS majors were employed in business and industry and 91% of them (along with engineering majors) had full-time jobs. At the master’s level, 76% worked in business/industry and 93% had full-time jobs.

CS graduates also earned high salaries. CS tied for second with health majors for the highest median salary at the bachelor’s level ($45,000) and tied for first with engineering at the master’s level ($65,000). This compared to median salaries among all science, engineering and health fields of $39,000 at the bachelor’s level and $56,000 at the master’s level.

We’re looking for someone with Access database experience to hire for the summer, and I was hoping you could post it on your site and/or circulate it around your department.

AGENCY: Adjutant General’s Office; McCrady Training Center

POSITION: Database Technician

Location: Eastover, SC

Schedule: 40 hour workweek, M-F 8:00am-4:30pm

Wage: $13/hr

Candidate will work to update and redesign existing Access databases, as well as develop and implement new databases as needed. Candidate will also design a front end to these databases and develop reporting capability. This position will run from approximately 5/19/08 to 8/15/08. Those interested can contact Bryan Hall at the McCrady Training Center Environmental Office at 803.806.2349.

Duncan put these slides together, check out that pie chart! We are the pac-man of jobs.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Of course, remember that these are just predictions. It's always possible that tomorrow everyone in the world will stop using computers and dust off their slide rulers. Its possible.

Two videos from ieee.tv show interviews with people who work in the computer field. These videos give you an idea of the wide variety of jobs available to those who get a degree in CSE, CE, or CIS (all offered by our CSE department, of course!).

• Careers for Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists
• Careers in Information Technology

From the state:

Computer Sciences Corp. plans to add even more employees than the 300 announced this month at the software firm’s Blythewood campus, a company official told The State last week.

CSC is expanding in the Midlands to accommodate new computer-service business with aerospace manufacturers. Over the past 30 years, the Columbia-area operation has developed software for insurers.

The company hopes to win even more aerospace work that could add as many as 700 more workers to the Blythewood campus on top of the 300 coming on board over the next year, said Ray August, president of CSC’s Blythewood insurance group.

Those expansions — spurred by the Columbia area’s low costs and customers who want work to stay in the U.S. instead of going overseas — would double CSC’s current employment, which stands at roughly 1,000 workers.

The article also had some number on salaries for software engineers in Columbia, they are:

From the official announcement:

College of Engineerng and Computing and state of South Carolina officials announced a scholarship program on Wednesday, February 6 that will cover the difference between tuition costs and LIFE scholarships for in-state freshmen majoring in engineering and computing.

The new Engineering and Computing Expanded Life Scholarship (ECELS) program will mean that a minimum of 100 freshmen who also have LIFE scholarships can attend the university tuition-free beginning in fall 2008, said Dr. Michael Amiridis, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing.

Here is a news article from the State on a local company, founded by a USC grad, who is making games for the Xbox Live:

Forgive Drew Card if he looks bleary-eyed today.

He’s been up all night waiting on the release of his company’s new video game, “Poker Smash.”

At 4 a.m. today, “Poker Smash” became available on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade, and Card soon will know if his gamble of founding a video game company in Lexington has paid off.

Our ACM student chapter is sponsoring a talk by Dan Amerson titled:

How to Prepare Yourself for a Job in the Games Industry

Things I Wish I Had Learned In College Because I Use Them Now

The talk will be on Thursday, January 31 at 11am in Swearingen Room 2A31.

Dan Amerson is the Technical Director for Emergent Game Technologies' Gamebryo Element, a cross-platform Game engine used in over 200 titles to date. Since joining the company in 2001, he has worked primarily on console rendering technologies for GameCube and Xbox 360 as well as multithreaded execution models. Prior to Emergent, Dan graduated from NC State University where he worked on the Mimesis project developing intelligent camera controller technology for virtual worlds and interactive narratives.

The Midlands is quickly becoming a hotbed for talented technology gurus. So, you've come up with a groundbreaking idea: a way to cure cancer, re- sequence the human genome, create hydrogen from algae, or develop a new platform for e-commerce. You have the vision, but now how do you turn your vision into a reality? Are you a techy? Do you think your potential product has commercial value? Would you like to collaborate with like-minded techpreneurs?

EngenuitySC, in partnership with the University of South Carolina, Midlands Technical College, SC Launch! and a host of other organizations is planning to launch the first series of FastTrac Tech Venture seminars in Columbia this summer. Join us for the 11-week series of FastTrac Tech Venture seminars, where you'll team up with seasoned business facilitators, technology savvy coaches and proven entrepreneurs, and the region's budding technology entrepreneurs.

From Helen Fields at the Career Center:

The Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Career Fair is an excellent opportunity for students in science, engineering, computing and technology fields to meet with various employers from across the nation. The SET Career Fair will be located at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center from 11:00am-3pm Thursday February 14th, with shuttle transportation provided to and from USC. Here is more information. Here is the poster.

If you are looking for a job soon you need to attend this. Last year there we many CS employers, probably more than CS students who attended. You should also start by creating an account and uploading your resume to jobmate.

From Duncan:

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of employment opportunities for 2006-2016 have just been published, and the future could hardly look better (Employment Outlook).

The economy in general is expected to slow more slowly with the retirement of baby boomers.

But…

• of the nearly five million new “professional” jobs, one in six will be in computing
• of the 845,000 new jobs in the “fastest growing” categories for which a bachelor’s degree is the appropriate background, 78% will be in computing
• the total number of openings in computing is projected at 1,524,000, more than twice as many as in engineering (505,000), life sciences (103,000), and physical sciences (109,000) combined
• the growth rate of 25.2% for computing employment is the largest of all the professional occupations, comparing against a national average of 10.4% and projections of 10.6% for engineering, 12.8% for life sciences, and 15.7% for physical sciences.

The largest single category for growth in computing is in “computer applications software engineers”. Backing out “computer programmers” (moving offshore and with a 4% decline projected) and “computer support specialists” (not a four-year-degree occupation), growth in computing is projected to be more than 34%.

Making predictions is very hard, especially about the future. I make it a point never to take a prediction seriously. Here is one more prediction for me to ignore:

It comes from this ACM article summarizing CRA data and predictions. If this is true, there are going to be a lot of biologists looking for a job as programmers!

From Duncan:

I encourage you to stop in at the opening on Wednesday, 4pm to 6pm, next to the reading room. A number of employers will be there. I have in fact just been contacted by the recruiter for CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation). They have a location in Blythewood; the recruiter is based in Atlanta. He happens to be visiting Columbia this week and should be in attendance on Wednesday.

This article from the CRA gives details on starting salaries for BS in CSE majors over time. Notice that these are inflation adjusted numbers (in 2006 dollars). Starting salaries after the bubble dropped but stayed 15% higher than before the bubble.

Although an official Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting will be held at a later date, the College of Engineering and Computing Career Center, located behind the Reading Room in Swearingen, is pleased to announce that office hours will begin Monday, October 1, 2007. Our office hours are Monday - Friday from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.

The following staff members have been hired to provide you services. We look forward to working with you.

Tracy Powers, Director of Employer Relations
Helen Fields, Assistant Director, HEFIELDS@engr.sc.edu, 777-1974
Jennifer Jackson, Program Manager, whetston@engr.sc.edu, 777-1949 (main line)

SCANA will be in Amoco Hall from 5:30-7:30 tonight to talk with CIS, Comp Sc, Comp Eng, and EE majors about a variety of opportunities including summer and full-time positions.

Lowes IT will begin talking about CIS, Comp Sc and Comp Eng opportunities at 7:30 in the Career Center on the 6th floor of BA. Generally employers wrap up their formal presentations at the end of the first hour or shortly after. If you want to visit with both companies, that will not be a problem. Simply exit when necessary to arrive at the Lowes event by 7:00.

http://www.engr.sc.edu/career-center/eng-computing_list_update-24sept07.doc

Tonight Invista will be hosting an information session in Amoco Hall from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday SCANA will be here doing the same. As I have mentioned, we need student support in order to make these and future events successful.

These information sessions typically include an overview of the company and positions (internships, co-op and full-time) available. They also offer an opportunity to market yourself to the company directly and try to secure an interview if you have not already done so. For students not currently seeking employment, this is a chance to build your knowledge and list of potential future employers. There are usually refreshments immediately before or after information sessions. Please plan to attend.