Coding for Careers

February 28, 2021

Do you want to protect the world from hackers? Make beautiful websites to attract clients? Be at the forefront of developing new technology? Popular, in-demand computer science careers that can fulfill these dreams and more include cybersecurity, mobile app development, web app and website development, artificial intelligence architecture, and data science. All of these careers boil down to the programming languages they depend on.


Cybersecurity - C++

Cybersecurity engineers are responsible for protecting an organization’s data from cyber attacks. They develop security measures like firewalls and data encryption technology, and test their security measures to find vulnerabilities by safely hacking into their own systems. As many operating systems in the world (e.g. Mac, Windows, Linux) are programmed with C++, cybersecurity engineers need to be comfortable with this language. 


Mobile App Development - Java

Developers for mobile applications create software programs that run on mobile platforms like your phone or tablet. Every app on your phone, from the calculator app to a game like Candy Crush, was produced by mobile developers. Mobile developers use a variety of different coding languages depending on the type of operating system. For iOS phones, developers often code mobile apps with the Swift coding language using Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Xcode. For Android phones, developers often use the Android Studio IDE to code apps in Java. Java uses object-oriented programming language, in which data is stored within objects that have characteristics as fields and attributes. Java allows you to import classes, like the Graphics class, which can create objects with visual attributes like buttons, images, and text, to create games and apps. 


Web App and Website Development - HTML, CSS, & JavaScript

Developers for web apps and websites, create software programs or web pages that run on remote servers. The difference between web apps and websites is that web apps are interactive and dynamic, like social media platforms, while websites are static and informational. For both types of web development, programming is done in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developers use HTML for the structure of a web page, CSS for designing and styling a web page, and JavaScript for making a web page more interactive and responsive.


Artificial Intelligence - Python & Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the development of computer systems that perform tasks like a person would. AI architects and engineers determine how to implement AI and machine learning techniques, the concept of an AI system learning and improving itself based on past experiences, to an existing or new system to improve efficiency. Examples include implementing AI into cars for self-driving features and creating new technologies like Amazon's Alexa and other virtual assistants. AI architects need to be comfortable with Python, a common language used for programming AI systems, and machine learning techniques to create neural networks. 


Data Science - R

Data scientists collect and analyze large sets of data to formulate plans that assist in business decisions and product development. For example, by analyzing the data of one product, data scientists can recommend whether to keep the same marketing plan for similar products or to change the plan. Data scientists use a variety of data collection and analyzing systems, but a common programming language for data science is R. With R, you can perform math calculations, examine large data sets, and create visuals like graphs or data plots. SQL is also a popular programming language in data science.


Computer science has many applications in the world and plays an important part in numerous careers. If you are interested in pursuing any career in computer science, it is important to know the fundamentals of the required programming languages. 


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