My
project is on Computer Programming this is what I have chosen to be my
career. When I began to chose a career I tried
to chose something that I would enjoy doing and computers are one of my
favorite interests. As we are fast approaching the new millennium computers
are becoming part of our every day life. As we develop new technology they
will become even more important. This is why I think this is an excellent
field to be involved in. Although computers have been around for a while
they have just began to get popular with the general public within the
last couple of years. Computers offer a wide range of uses for the general
public from accessing information to chatting with someone across the globe.
In the business world companies rely on computers to perform various tasks
such as store data, to process information and to output results. Computers
are only as smart as you make them. With out specific instructions the
computer will not perform the tasks that you may want them to. These specific
instructions are called programs or software.
There is an abundance of software available but if you can not find any
to fit your specific 
needs then this is where the programmer comes
into the picture. The programmer gets information from the user on what
they need the computer to do for them and then they write the programs
to perform these tasks. The users can be either individuals or business's.
Most people are not that interested in learning how to write these programs
they just want to be able to use them. Therefore I think that the demand
will always be greater than the supply of programmers. While doing research
for this project I found out that most programming positions start out
at about 50,000 a year if your working for a company. I would like to work
for a big company plus develop my own programs for other interests and
maybe sell them to the general public. I think this career choice fits
my lifestyle very well with the work required for this field will
be done indoors hopefully in the air-conditioning with a nice comfortable
chair to sit in since I'm not much into physical labor. Although there
are a lot of interesting careers in the world of computers I think this
one will be the best for me. This occupation does require alot of time
and mental strain so as to not interfere with my family life I would try
to do my work while I'm at my place of work and develop my own programs
as a hobby. This career is also offered at most all major colleges and
even after my degree is obtained I know that this field is an ever changing
one and I will need to keep educating myself.
