Future Career Research Paper

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Coming into high school I didn't really think about my future career or what I was going to do for the rest of my life after high school. But as I progressed through high school I found my strengths and weakness academic wise and as time passed I also found my interests and passion. My whole life I’ve loved to play video games with my friends and family and from that I became fascinated by how they are made and how much improvement there has been in video games as years pass.. I enjoy using computers and I’ve learned how to use many applications over the years such as how to use photoshop.After researching possible careers I can take I decided that I want to become a videogame software engineer, more specifically a Software Engineer for blizzard and eventually with experience I will gain I will become a senior software engineer working on the game Overwatch. Overwatch is a game developed by Blizzard entertainment the company. I really …show more content…
A software engineer typically makes $93,350 annually, with a reported salary range of $55,238 to $116,704. ButI want to eventually become a senior software engineer which would typically make $100,597 annually, with a reported salary range of $75,598 to $142,398. There is plenty of room for advancement in this job because as technology advances you would need to as well and gain even more experience and get promoted to higher levels. The more experience you have in this field the more you get paid.The career outlook for software engineers is good with a projected 10-year growth of 22% (02012). This means that that total number of jobs is projected to rise from 1,018,000 in 2012 to 1,241,960 in 2022. Thats 134,376 jobs that will be created from this time of writing to 2022. This job will always be in demand and will not phase out because of the worlds increasingly reliance of computers and