Assignment 4

Justin Olsen

IST 1100

Module 4

I decided to research the position of senior computer programmer. I chose this position because my father is a computer programmer and is the easiest person that I could interview. I suppose I will start off with some basic information. Mean U.S. annual wage is $80,930, while Utah's annual mean wage is 76,290. My father earns about $90,000 annually because he has been working for several years at the same company. Job growth is average but, there is a plethora of available jobs. Basic education required is a bachelor's degree in computer programming. Programmers write instructions for everything that a computer does. Programmers program everything from spaceship protocols to administration services. My father programs administration services for an international corporation known as Infor. He helped write a piece of software known as GEM. He currently maintains the software to keep it up to date. Computer programmers also have to deal with some less creative and useful seeming jobs. My father told me that several times he has had to do some lower level tasks. He has had to crawl through hours of code and work customer support. Computer programming is not for everyone though. Being a programmer requires dedication, enjoyment, and time. Several people cannot deal with programming, myself included. This is part of the reason that programming jobs are in such high demand. Programming does have the advantage of easily being able to work from home without any trouble whatsoever.