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What College Majors have a high demand in the future?

I'm a junior in highschool (11th grade) and as I start to look into careers and college majors, I asked myself what profession(s) will the future society rely on. I have interest in computer science and would like to pursue it in the future. #college #jobs #careers #future #choosing-a-major

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Ben’s Answer

Hi Rohith C.


CS is an awesome major to have there definitely going be demand for that in the future!


You can earn an median annual salary of $79k as Software Engineer starting out.


Source: (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary)


Perhaps look at other fields in the STEM fields those are in high demand.
(http://www.monster.com/career-start/a/top-10-most-valuable-STEM-majors-and-careers)
I know you're interested in CS but here's the top 10 STEM Majors of 2014. I.T. is huge and it is number one on this list!


I hope this helps you out!
Thank you comment icon Thank you so much for the answer, do you know what a high paying salary would be? Rohith
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Mary’s Answer

Cyber security is another field, especially if you like to find and resolve problems. This can lead to a consulting career in IT risk assessments, to assess corporate IT vulnerabilities and suggest ways to seal up the gaps.

You may start as a contact worker in a facility IT Dept. But can focus your studies on Cyber threats and develop your skills and experience required to become an independent consultant, who will make the most money.

Mary recommends the following next steps:

Reach out to IT professionals in different Fields, through LinkedIn, and request an interview with them where you can talk to them about their jobs. Try and keep this to a 10-15 Q&A. This may help you narrow down your list of careers to consider
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Gloria’s Answer

Hi Rohith,

The world is ever changing. 2020 has highlighted fields like medicine and technology as being places where we need great minds to be engaged. However, the best thing that you can do for yourself is find work that you are passionate about doing and focus your efforts there. There are too many people in the world today doing what they think that they should and then failing miserably or just being miserable. I would challenge you to try and be of service to others with whatever you do. There is reward in those jobs that go beyond the money to be earned.

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Beth’s Answer

Rohiith,

I agree that Computer Science and any STEM-related careers will continue to be popular. But FYI, there are so many fields related to Computer Science. If you are a people person and very organized, you could be a Project Manager or Scrum Master, keeping the software development projects moving forward. If you like to help people but want to be in tech, roles in Customer Success/Support and Technical Support (think of the Apple Genius Bar) of software products will continue to be popular as well. Even complex marketing or financing/billing/procurement OF software are roles that are in HOT demand these days. Basically anything to do with computers is a good place to be in the next many years.

Here are some recent articles:

Beth recommends the following next steps:

https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/best-college-majors-for-the-future/
https://www.careerwomen.com/which_majors_are_in_most_demand/
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/majors-in-demand
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