During the beginning of senior year, a lot is on our minds. Most of us are worried about graduating and going to the college we desire, which brings up the question “What are you going to do out of high school?”. Usually leading up to senior year you have a plan to go to a certain school or job. My goal for after high school is to go to college for cyber security and software engineer which should enable me to go into a broad spectrum of different jobs.
When preparing for my career in cybersecurity and software engineering, I have to think about where I would like to go to school and how to plan for that. My current plan for pursuing an education is to go to Gilbert Community College for a year then transfer to Arizona State University. With this plan, I can save accordingly for ASU and also apply for more scholarships than right out of high school. When transferring directly out of high school they use your transcripts from high school. If you transfer from a community college they use your grades for admission, making acceptance into a great technical school a lot easier. Once transferred to ASU, I can …show more content…
I have always had a passion for computers and interest in the security of the web and software. I started messing with computers when I was eight and started learning how to program when I was fourteen. This has always been something I knew I was going to go into for college and make a career out of. Not only do I enjoy this, it also makes a lot of money, “The most recent median pay for an information security analyst is $88,890 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which says the typical entry level education is a Bachelor’s degree. The lowest 10% earned less than $50,300, and the highest 10% earned more than $140,460.” (Steve Morgan). That is just the beginning of the spectrum of different careers that will allow me to follow the path I would like to take in
When preparing for my career in cybersecurity and software engineering, I have to think about where I would like to go to school and how to plan for that. My current plan for pursuing an education is to go to Gilbert Community College for a year then transfer to Arizona State University. With this plan, I can save accordingly for ASU and also apply for more scholarships than right out of high school. When transferring directly out of high school they use your transcripts from high school. If you transfer from a community college they use your grades for admission, making acceptance into a great technical school a lot easier. Once transferred to ASU, I can …show more content…
I have always had a passion for computers and interest in the security of the web and software. I started messing with computers when I was eight and started learning how to program when I was fourteen. This has always been something I knew I was going to go into for college and make a career out of. Not only do I enjoy this, it also makes a lot of money, “The most recent median pay for an information security analyst is $88,890 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which says the typical entry level education is a Bachelor’s degree. The lowest 10% earned less than $50,300, and the highest 10% earned more than $140,460.” (Steve Morgan). That is just the beginning of the spectrum of different careers that will allow me to follow the path I would like to take in