Q. I like computers. I like fixing them so they can work properly, but i dont know which field that is under. I've heard about computer science and computer. Please help, btw im thinking of a college like New York City College of Technology. but all help is appericated and if im looking in the wrong field like computer engineering please tell me. Thanks
A. Different colleges and universities will call their course programs a vareity of names like Computer Engineering so you have to look at the underlying courses to get an idea what the degree is preparing you for. Remember that in IT most employers are looking at a 4 year degree as a minimum requirement. A 2 year college program is a great way to start but once you complete it you will need to transfer your credits to a 4 year school and finish out years 3&4.
I will try to simplify this for you. There are two basic areas of study in Computers. #1 Programming #2 Everything Else.
Under Programming you would be a Computer Science major and doing programming. That programming might be for web sites, web applications, software applications or systems where the code is embedded. You might make code for automating robotics. One of my friends worked on a team that wrote the code long ago that enabled military airplanes to land on an aircraft carrier automatically if the pilot was injured and could not land the plane manually. You can imagine the complexity that would take into account all the variables of speed and elevation and wind and give the plane's systems input moment by moment to land itself safely on the pitching deck of an aircraft carrier. On the simpler side of things I also know the developer who wrote the code for a large auto oil change chain. When you went in they would change your oil and filter, charge your credit card and track all your information like the kind of oil you requested and when to send you a reminder card. At night the system would determine any oil and air filters that they needed to reorder and call that information into the central warehouse and a shipment would be organized with all the filters that they were running low on. His code handled all those transactions at many locations. So this would give you some ideas of what kinds of projects a progammer would do. Many people who set out to get Computer Science degrees find out they hate programming or have no gifting for it. They will usually switch into a different IT degree area like Computer Information Systems (CIS).
On the side of Everything Else would be the other non-programming jobs. This is the area where I work as a Systems Engineer. For these you would have an Information Technology degree or Computer Information Systems (CIS). The CIS is what I have.
Computer technician - Works on computer hardware. (entry level IT Job)
Help Desk Staff - answer questions and resolve problems for the user community. (entry level IT Job - Tier 1 support)
Storage Administrator - in charge of mass storage devices.
Network Administrator - Works on routers, switches, hubs, cables, load balancers and all the other hardware that handles network traffic.
Systems Administrator or Systems Engineer- Works with servers, laptops and desktop computers to keep them free of problems and secure the data they contain. These people may be divided into server and desktop teams. Tier 2 support.
Enterprise Administrator - Handles Enterprise support and design issues. Tier 3 support.
Active Directory Administrator - designs and administers Active Directory infrastructure.
Exchange and Messaging Administrator - maintains mail systems servers and other devices and the messaging infrastructure.
Backup Administrator - Maintains backup devices and determines backup strategies so data unintentionally and intentionally deleted can be recovered. They will design and control how and when data is backed up, where the backups are stored and how long the backups are retained.
Disaster Recovery Specialist - Plans for disaster events so the company data and infrastructure can be brought back online as quickly as possible after a fire, flood, earthquake, terrorism or other disaster event.
Database Administrator - maintains the company databases which may include customer and sales records, billing information, inventory and other data.
Computing Security Specialist - A company's biggest asset is its data and the Computing Security Specialist will work to try to keep that data protected from being lost internally or externally. They may be dealing with and defending against viruses, hoaxes, malware, phishing attacks and domestic and foreign intrusion.
Data Center Administrator - Maintains the data center facilities where the company's servers and other devices reside. They are responsible for physical security and may review badge reader and camera information to be sure that only individuals with proper access are getting close to the company's servers and other critical devices.
Best wishes!
I will try to simplify this for you. There are two basic areas of study in Computers. #1 Programming #2 Everything Else.
Under Programming you would be a Computer Science major and doing programming. That programming might be for web sites, web applications, software applications or systems where the code is embedded. You might make code for automating robotics. One of my friends worked on a team that wrote the code long ago that enabled military airplanes to land on an aircraft carrier automatically if the pilot was injured and could not land the plane manually. You can imagine the complexity that would take into account all the variables of speed and elevation and wind and give the plane's systems input moment by moment to land itself safely on the pitching deck of an aircraft carrier. On the simpler side of things I also know the developer who wrote the code for a large auto oil change chain. When you went in they would change your oil and filter, charge your credit card and track all your information like the kind of oil you requested and when to send you a reminder card. At night the system would determine any oil and air filters that they needed to reorder and call that information into the central warehouse and a shipment would be organized with all the filters that they were running low on. His code handled all those transactions at many locations. So this would give you some ideas of what kinds of projects a progammer would do. Many people who set out to get Computer Science degrees find out they hate programming or have no gifting for it. They will usually switch into a different IT degree area like Computer Information Systems (CIS).
On the side of Everything Else would be the other non-programming jobs. This is the area where I work as a Systems Engineer. For these you would have an Information Technology degree or Computer Information Systems (CIS). The CIS is what I have.
Computer technician - Works on computer hardware. (entry level IT Job)
Help Desk Staff - answer questions and resolve problems for the user community. (entry level IT Job - Tier 1 support)
Storage Administrator - in charge of mass storage devices.
Network Administrator - Works on routers, switches, hubs, cables, load balancers and all the other hardware that handles network traffic.
Systems Administrator or Systems Engineer- Works with servers, laptops and desktop computers to keep them free of problems and secure the data they contain. These people may be divided into server and desktop teams. Tier 2 support.
Enterprise Administrator - Handles Enterprise support and design issues. Tier 3 support.
Active Directory Administrator - designs and administers Active Directory infrastructure.
Exchange and Messaging Administrator - maintains mail systems servers and other devices and the messaging infrastructure.
Backup Administrator - Maintains backup devices and determines backup strategies so data unintentionally and intentionally deleted can be recovered. They will design and control how and when data is backed up, where the backups are stored and how long the backups are retained.
Disaster Recovery Specialist - Plans for disaster events so the company data and infrastructure can be brought back online as quickly as possible after a fire, flood, earthquake, terrorism or other disaster event.
Database Administrator - maintains the company databases which may include customer and sales records, billing information, inventory and other data.
Computing Security Specialist - A company's biggest asset is its data and the Computing Security Specialist will work to try to keep that data protected from being lost internally or externally. They may be dealing with and defending against viruses, hoaxes, malware, phishing attacks and domestic and foreign intrusion.
Data Center Administrator - Maintains the data center facilities where the company's servers and other devices reside. They are responsible for physical security and may review badge reader and camera information to be sure that only individuals with proper access are getting close to the company's servers and other critical devices.
Best wishes!
what percentage does the red cross keep from their donations?
Q. i couldnt find the answer on their website
A. I am not clear on what you mean by "keep." If you mean, spend on administration, about 10%.
NOW:
You, as a donor, want and deserve clear and accurate reports on where money goes.
That requires a person to produce that report.
The person needs a computer, software, electricity for the computer and the lights they need to see, a printer, paper, Internet access to email you the report, water for the bathroom they use while working, a chair to sit in, a desk to work at, an office to sit in, a building for the office, and probably heat in the winter and/or air conditioning in the summer.
The person probably needs to be paid, since tracking lots of donations is a full-time job and there are very few people who can afford to volunteer full-time. Payroll taxes need to be paid for that person, and they probably need health insurance. A person who is very good at that job will not work for much less than market rate--since they have families to take care of and a future to provide for (since no one wants to be a burden on taxpayers), and low wages cannot provide any of that.
The building the person works in needs to be paid for, and usually that is paid for by rent.
That is just one person. Add the person who orders the supplies that are bought with donated money. Add the person who makes sure the vans and trucks that are used to deliver supplies, are inspected, maintained, provided with gas, oil, and spare tires. Add the person who tracks the payments and makes sure that vendors are paid so they will give the Red Cross discounts for prompt payment, and that the organization does not over pay. Those are just a few of the essential people.
Now--NONE of that has anything to do with any disaster in particular, but ALL of it costs money. If every donor insisted that every penny of their donation "went to the people in the disaster area", the Red Cross--and any other relief agency--would have to stop functioning.
Restricted donations are often a burden on charities, who then have no money to pay their operating (or that unpopular word, "administrative", expenses.)
NOW:
You, as a donor, want and deserve clear and accurate reports on where money goes.
That requires a person to produce that report.
The person needs a computer, software, electricity for the computer and the lights they need to see, a printer, paper, Internet access to email you the report, water for the bathroom they use while working, a chair to sit in, a desk to work at, an office to sit in, a building for the office, and probably heat in the winter and/or air conditioning in the summer.
The person probably needs to be paid, since tracking lots of donations is a full-time job and there are very few people who can afford to volunteer full-time. Payroll taxes need to be paid for that person, and they probably need health insurance. A person who is very good at that job will not work for much less than market rate--since they have families to take care of and a future to provide for (since no one wants to be a burden on taxpayers), and low wages cannot provide any of that.
The building the person works in needs to be paid for, and usually that is paid for by rent.
That is just one person. Add the person who orders the supplies that are bought with donated money. Add the person who makes sure the vans and trucks that are used to deliver supplies, are inspected, maintained, provided with gas, oil, and spare tires. Add the person who tracks the payments and makes sure that vendors are paid so they will give the Red Cross discounts for prompt payment, and that the organization does not over pay. Those are just a few of the essential people.
Now--NONE of that has anything to do with any disaster in particular, but ALL of it costs money. If every donor insisted that every penny of their donation "went to the people in the disaster area", the Red Cross--and any other relief agency--would have to stop functioning.
Restricted donations are often a burden on charities, who then have no money to pay their operating (or that unpopular word, "administrative", expenses.)
Is a career in I.T still a good Idea or Bad and why?
Q. What track should I choose if I wanted to study I.T?
What Certifications should I Start with?
What kind of salary and job security/future could I expect?
What Certifications should I Start with?
What kind of salary and job security/future could I expect?
A. Yes, a career in IT is still a great idea! According to the US Dept of Labor, six of the top 30 fastest growing occupations for 2004-14 are computer related occupations. So here's the "tracks" or careers to study in IT (each of these careers require a bachelor's degree and have average salaries of $43,000 or higher):
-Computer software engineers, applications
-Network systems and data communications analysts
-Computer software engineers, system software
-Database administrators
-Computer systems analysts
-Network systems and data communications administrators
The jobs being outsourced are help desk and programming. The baby boomers are retiring, plus less and less people are going into IT, so we're going to have huge IT shortages in the US in the next few years. There still are a few areas of the country that have tons of IT people, that can't be absorbed yet, though, so be careful about where you look for a job.
Here's a list of most of the IT careers that are "hot". Click on a career title, and you'll see the job description, job duties, education/certs required, job outlook and wages:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm
Here's the rest of the top 30 fastest growing jobs for 2004-14:
http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab21.htm
Good luck!
-Computer software engineers, applications
-Network systems and data communications analysts
-Computer software engineers, system software
-Database administrators
-Computer systems analysts
-Network systems and data communications administrators
The jobs being outsourced are help desk and programming. The baby boomers are retiring, plus less and less people are going into IT, so we're going to have huge IT shortages in the US in the next few years. There still are a few areas of the country that have tons of IT people, that can't be absorbed yet, though, so be careful about where you look for a job.
Here's a list of most of the IT careers that are "hot". Click on a career title, and you'll see the job description, job duties, education/certs required, job outlook and wages:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm
Here's the rest of the top 30 fastest growing jobs for 2004-14:
http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab21.htm
Good luck!
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