A few CS questions

HyperionOmega
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:38:08 +0000

After visiting a few college campuses in the past month and seeing various CS departments, I have a few questions about the major and wonder if the knowledgeable folks on CC could answer them.

First, could a CS major get a job in the non-tech industry where they still use their computational and programming skills. For example, could a CS major program for:

A bank

A biotech / pharmaceutical company

Health care

Etc.

Secondly, what field do the majority of CS grads end up in? Software development, IT, Databases, web development, or something else.

Third, how hard is it to land a job with a “top” tech company. Like Google, Cisco, Oracle, etc. Can a person from a no-name school still get the job, or do they have to go to a GaTech/UIUC/Purdue to even be considered.

Also, I am very interested in information security. How hard is it to get into that field and does it pay well?

Lastly, what field(s) are considered to be “hot” fields right now that a lot of grads are getting jobs in? I know cloud computing is pretty hot, is there anything else?

Any answers are appreciated.