Computer Engineering Scope

Why Computer Engineering Specialisation? 

100 years ago (1918), the top ten richest peoples in America were mostly in the heavy industries, such as oil, steel, automobiles and railroads.
No. Name US Billions* Source 1 John D. Rockefeller 12.8 Oil 2 H. C. Frick 2.4 Steel 3 Andrew Carnegie 2.1 Steel 4 George F. Baker 1.6 Banking 5 William Rockefeller 1.6 Oil 6 Edward Harkness 1.3 Oil 7 J. Ogden Armour 1.3 Meatpacking 8 Henry Ford 1.1 Automobile 9 William K Vanderbilt 1.1 Railroads 10 Edward H. R. Green 1.1 Inheritance
(Source: Straits Times, 24th August 1997, *1918 figures adjusted for inflation)
In 2005, amongst the top 5 richest peoples in America, 4 of them are founder of computer companies.
No. Name US Billions Source 1 Bill Gates 46 Software (Founder, Microsoft) 2 Warren Buffett 36 Investment 3 Paul Allen 22 Software (Founder, Microsoft) 4 Larry Ellison 18 Software (Founder, Oracle) 5 Michael Dell 13 Hardware (Founder, Dell)
(Source: Straits Times, 24 Sept 2005, Forbes Magazine's list of 400 richest Americans)		(Source: 9th March 2006, Straits Times)
	"... figure would have been even higher if all 5,700 job vacancies were filled." "It predicted that job growth - up 3.1 percent last year over 2004 - would continue, at least in the near future, ..." More Infocomm job vacancies than job seekers in Singapore for 2005. Dot.com burst in 2000, but computer-related jobs are back. There is a shortfall of manpower in software development, infocomm security and IT project management.
"... earn more than $10,000 as a software developer with Microsoft ..." Computer jobs can be quite well paid.
Job Opportunities
There are abundant career opportunities for graduates specialised in computer engineering. Computer engineers work in every sector of society and industry. You can work in any organisation that uses computer systems, e.g., multinational corporations (IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Oracle), banks and financial institutions (Citibank, DBS), government ministries and statutory boards, manufacturing industries, telecommunication companies, defence industry, small and medium enterprises, computer hardware/software vendors and suppliers, educational institutions and service industries. You can wok as a computer engineer, hardware designer, system integrator, system architect, system analyst, system administrator, or programmer in companies. You can also choose to set up your own company as the start-up cost is relatively low. Globally: According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)'s employment projection to 2014, among the 30 fastest growing occupations, six are computer-related. They are network systems and data communications analysts, computer application software engineers, computer system software engineers, network and computer systems administrators, database administrators, and computer systems analysts. BLS also projected that "Employment of computer specialists is expected to grow rapidly as organisations continue to adopt and integrate increasingly sophisticated and complex technologies – in networking, to facilitate the sharing of information; in the expansion of client-server environments; in cyber-security; and in electronic commerce applications." Locally: The latest Infocomm Development Authority (IDA)'s manpower survey reported that infocomm manpower is predicted to rise by 3.4% between 2006 and 2007. The projected growth areas are in the higher-end jobs such as research & development, digital media, and web development. In 2005, the number of infocomm job vacancies was 5,700. MONEY Magazine researched hundreds of jobs, considering their growth, pay, stress-levels and other factors, and pick software engineer as the best job in America. The FORTUNE magazine picks Google – a great computer company – as the number one company to work for in America.

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