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A Step Towards Better, Understandable Future Studies Career Attitude A Successful Professional Agenda Choosing Your Career Specialization Streams Job Winning Courses for the Streams How to Select an Appropriate Post How to Study Study System at Superior Figuring Out Best Study Strategy The SQ3R Method What do I want to be? ? Reality Vs. Fantasy Choosing Your Career Usually NOT a matter of a moment. Take your time, you’re not missing your bus! Few Pointers Know Yourself! Find out the ‘Driving Forces’ ○ Interest Vs. Financial Benefits Degree Production vs. Job Openings 160,000 140,000 Ph.D. Master’s 120,000 Bachelor’s 100,000 Projected job openings 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 Engineering Sources: Physical Sciences Biological Sciences Computer Science Adapted from a presentation by John Sargent, Senior Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce, at the CRA Computing Research Summit, February 23, 2004. Original sources listed as National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics; degree data from Department of Education/National Center for Education Statistics: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey; and NSF/SRS; Survey of Earned Doctorates; and Projected Annual Average Job Openings derived from Department of Commerce (Office of Technology Policy) analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics 2002-2012 projections. See http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/content.php?cid=22. Specialization Streams IT – Information Technology web portals, artist forums, apniisp.com. Requires Programming for developing such solutions Networks & Telecom Mobile Phone Companies (Ufone etc), TRG Highly Paid, Involves Deep Understanding of Networks & Telecom Requires Programming for Network Communication and Protocol Development Research Labs Computer Science CRULP, Research Labs, Passion for Research, Relatively Less Paid Specialization Streams Software Engineering Project Management, Architect, Process Management, etc. Requires Programming for Understanding the underlying work Research Activities, SERC Artificial Intelligence Biometric Devices, Finger Print Recognition, OCRs Requires Programming for implementing those solutions Research Activities Databases Amazon – Suggest Feature Requires Programming for implementing above those solutions Dataware Housing, Data Mining Specialization Streams Multimedia Audio, Video, Animation etc. Requires Programming for Understanding the underlying work Research Activities Computer Science What ‘CS’ is? Major Courses Discrete Mathematics Algorithm Analysis & Design Principles of Programming Languages Theory of Computation & Compiler Construction Graph Theory Careers Research Relatively few organizations Information Technology What ‘IT’ is? Major Courses Introduction to IT Web Engineering / Web Programming Information System Data Mining & Warehousing Human Computer Interaction Technology Management Careers Mostly Software Houses in Pakistan (especially in Lahore) are into IT. Dynamic Websites, Web Portals, Forums etc. Starting Salary Range: Up to 30K Networks & Telecom What are ‘Networks’ & ‘Telecom’ ? Major Courses Computer Networks Data Communication Network Protocols and Standards Distributed systems Network security Wireless Networks Careers VoIP Engineers, Software Engineers Net Centric Computing, Protocol Development Starting Salary Range: Up to 30K Software Engineering What ‘Software Engineering’ is? Major Courses Software Engineering I Software Engineering II Requirements Engineering Software Quality Assurance Software Project Management Object Oriented Analysis & Design Software Architecture and Design Patterns Careers Almost practiced in every organization (to different extent) Starting Salary Range: Up to 30K Artificial Intelligence What ‘AI’ is? Major Courses Artificial Intelligence Neural Networks Fuzzy Logic Robotics Expert Systems Machine learning Careers Biometrics, Robotics Research Databases What ‘Databases’ are? Major Courses Database Management System Distributed Databases Data Mining Data-ware Housing Careers DBA, Database Teams in Organizations Starting Salary Range: Up to 25K Multimedia What ‘Multimedia’ is? Major Courses Introduction to Multimedia Signals & Systems Computer Graphics Computer Vision Image & Video Coding Digital Signal Processing Careers Audio and Video Processing Video, Audio Codecs Misc. Companies Company Size Starting Salary Technologies Web Site Techlogix 500+ 25K-30K .NET, Java, C++ www.techlogix.com Intag 25 20K-28K .NET, Java, Visual C++ CambrigeDocs 80+ 25K-30K .NET, Java www.cambridgedocs. com Innovative 250+ Around 25K Java, C++, VoIP www.i2cinc.com YSMF 25 15K-20K .NET, Java www.ysmf.com Vopium 40+ 15K-20K .NET, Java, C++ (Mobiles) www.vopium.com Mobilink 8000 20K Appox. Oracle Financial, SQL Server, Seibel, CRM Application www.mobilinkgsm.co m * As per Fall 2008 Misc. Companies Company Size Starting Salary Technologies Web Site Strategic Systems International 100 30K – 33K Appox. .NET, C++, SQL Server, Oracle, Silverlight www.ssidecisions.co m Systems Ltd. 1000+ 12K – 18K .NET, VB, Oracle, Biz Talk Server www.systemsltd.com www.visionetsystems .com Ooober 25 5k – 15K Java www.ooober.com Aptlogix 13 18K PHP, ASP.NET, Adobe AIR, XUL www.aptlogix.com VahZay Pvt. Ltd. 50+ 22k+ PHP, Delphi, iPhone, Java, .NET www.vahzay.com NextBridge 150+ 20K – 25K PHP, .NET www.vteams.com Cybersoft 30+ 8K – 10K .NET, VB, ASP www.Cybersoft.com. pk * As per Fall 2008 How to Study? Study System at Superior Semester System ○ Advantages Over Annual System Pace is less hectic Teaches you good time management Able to cover more subjects ○ Disadvantages Over Annual System Fresh students have a bit difficulty in adjusting to it Easy to feel overwhelmed No time for making up missed home works Manage Your Time! Whatever you do, Your education should come first! Study is a full time job! Group Study vs. Individual Study Let’s Continue the Rest on the Handout Ok, I’m too Smart I got Everything! We Missed Something! Communication Skills Organizations want better human beings not better technicians! Communication Skills will Make You the Boss! Thank You for Your Patience! Feel Free to Ask Questions (If any)?