- Software Developer (Median salary = $90,060)
- Computer Systems Analyst - Computer systems analysts must understand computer hardware, software and networks and how they work together, so they can make recommendations to organizations for the best operations systems to use. (Median salary = $79,680)
- Game Designer (Median salary = $87,000)
- Biomedical Engineer (Median salary = $86,960)
- Information Security Analyst - These analysts are tasked with staying ahead of cyberattacks and keeping company data and systems secure. They focus on risk assessment, vulnerability assessment and defense planning to prevent company or government data from being breached. (Median salary = ($86,170)
Wednesday 27 May 2015
Jobs in the Tech Field that Interest Me
Here is a list of some jobs in the field of technology that interest me:
Three New and Upcoming Pieces of Technology
1. Oculus Rift:
The Rift is a virtual reality head-mounted display developed by Oculus VR. You wear it as if it is a bulky pair of goggles and inside of the display you are put into a 3D virtual reality world. The development of this piece of technology started in 2012 with a Kickstarter campaign for money for the research and the creation of the developer's kits that were sold for both companies and freelance developers to create games and worlds for users to play. The Rift will be sold publicly in the first quarter of 2016.
2. International DNA Network:
In January of 2015, programmers in Toronto began testing a system for trading genetic information with other hospitals. The system, called MatchMaker Exchange, represents something new: a way to automate the comparison of DNA from sick people around the world. A global network of millions of genomes could be medicine’s next great advance. With the current advancement of technology, scientists can digitize genomes at a rate of 2 per hour (the first genome took 13 years). A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. In humans, a copy of the entire genome—more than 3 billion DNA base pairs—is contained in all cells that have a nucleus. Any people with rare genetic disorders would have their genomes digitized and then uploaded to this DNA network in which scientists from around the world could compare their genome to any other uploaded ones. This could help lead scientists into figuring out where diseases are originated and how they are spread. This technology should be available in 1-2 years.
3. Nvidia Tegra X1:
Nvidia’s latest mobile superchip has 256 processor cores and eight CPU cores. Introduced at CES amid some grand claims – “more power than a supercomputer the size of a suburban family home from 15 years ago” – it’ll be making its way into products very soon. Any cellphones that feature this new chip will very likely be top of the market mobile devices until other companies catch up.
The Rift is a virtual reality head-mounted display developed by Oculus VR. You wear it as if it is a bulky pair of goggles and inside of the display you are put into a 3D virtual reality world. The development of this piece of technology started in 2012 with a Kickstarter campaign for money for the research and the creation of the developer's kits that were sold for both companies and freelance developers to create games and worlds for users to play. The Rift will be sold publicly in the first quarter of 2016.
2. International DNA Network:
In January of 2015, programmers in Toronto began testing a system for trading genetic information with other hospitals. The system, called MatchMaker Exchange, represents something new: a way to automate the comparison of DNA from sick people around the world. A global network of millions of genomes could be medicine’s next great advance. With the current advancement of technology, scientists can digitize genomes at a rate of 2 per hour (the first genome took 13 years). A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. In humans, a copy of the entire genome—more than 3 billion DNA base pairs—is contained in all cells that have a nucleus. Any people with rare genetic disorders would have their genomes digitized and then uploaded to this DNA network in which scientists from around the world could compare their genome to any other uploaded ones. This could help lead scientists into figuring out where diseases are originated and how they are spread. This technology should be available in 1-2 years.
3. Nvidia Tegra X1:
Nvidia’s latest mobile superchip has 256 processor cores and eight CPU cores. Introduced at CES amid some grand claims – “more power than a supercomputer the size of a suburban family home from 15 years ago” – it’ll be making its way into products very soon. Any cellphones that feature this new chip will very likely be top of the market mobile devices until other companies catch up.
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