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Seven of the top ten companies in the world by market cap are tech companies. These companies include the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and they recruit tens of thousands of Computer Science graduates every year to fill their ranks. This itself should be enough to convince students to pursue a career in Computer Science. But even beyond the obvious fact that tech companies recruit Computer Science graduates, such students are sought after by almost every other type of company. Most industries are being transformed by tech. Education, finance, retail, media, healthcare, energy, real estate – think of any industry
and chances are that tech is transforming it. This means that the demand for Computer Science graduates will only increase. This is the prime reason why students should strongly consider a career in tech.
The United States has always had an advantage in tech. This is reflected by the fact that most well-known tech companies you’ve heard of are headquartered in the US. For this reason, the USA is at the cutting edge of innovation when it comes to Computer Science. Further, the US has many high paying job opportunities in the tech industries. According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics – most of these jobs are meant for those who have completed their Masters’ degree. Further these jobs come with a starting salary between Rs 80 lakhs – Rs 1.5 Crore per year and the number of jobs are growing at an annual rate of 22%.
Computer Science graduates work in two kinds of companies:
These companies make their own products or services. They build large scale consumer facing apps, databases, office and productivity software. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Uber and Oracle all fall in this category.
These companies implement large projects for clients. They make ERPs and automate processes for clients. Companies like TCS, Capgemini, Accenture and Infosys fall in this category. Both categories of companies recruit graduates in one of two areas: frontend and backend technologies. To make this clearer, we’ll describe these areas using the example of Whatsapp.
Students recruited to work on frontend technologies build user interfaces for websites / apps / web-apps. They work on technologies like Javascript, HTML, CSS, React, Angular etc. So the keyboard you use to type messages, the interface
on whatsapp groups – all such things are built by a frontend developer.
Those who work on app backends focus on building the application logic, storing data in and maintaining databases and on data processing. They use technologies like Java, Ruby, Python and Kotlin. With reference to the whatsapp example – the logic and encryption to send messages from one user to another, compression algorithms to reduce size of messages and storage of messages on servers for backup are all built by the backend developer.
The typical job titles such people hold in companies are:
In addition to job prospects – CS programs fall under the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) category. This means that on graduation, students can work in their domain for 3 Years before even getting their work visa. This allows students to
With over 500 universities in the United States offering CS or CS allied programs at the Masters’ level, there’s no way to specify the eligibility criteria. But – on average if you want to get into a good university for your Masters’ you need the following:
Here are the top 10 MS in CS programs in the US according to US News and World Report:
These universities are extremely selective and select approximately only 5% of the students who apply. To give you a sense of how competitive they are, here’s the typical profile of students who get into these top 10 MS in CS programs:
If this sounds too difficult – don’t worry. The good news is that there are plenty of great universities that are much easier to get into – but which offer comparable quality of education and career outcomes.
Here are some great universities that students can get into which are much easier to get into:
The average tuition fee for a 2 years MS in CS program ranges between Rs 40 lakhs – Rs 65 lakhs.
On entering a Masters in CS program, students could specialize in one of many areas. These are listed below:
| Specialization | What students learn | Example Use Cases |
| Computer Science Theory | Designing new algorithms to solve complex problems efficiently |
Creating an algorithm to sort users of an app by age |
| Machine Learning | Building algorithms that enable computers to learn from past data without programming them explicitly to do so |
Making software to predict the of cancer before symptoms appear |
| Artificial Intelligence | Leverage techniques/technologies which enable computers to think like humans |
Programming a self-driving car |
| Cybersecurity | Develop robust systems to keep computers secure from theft, fraud, and other malpractice |
Creating the security network that protects’ people’s whatsapp data and chats |
| Software Engineering | Design and develop large scale applications for computers and mobile devices |
Building an online banking system for the largest Indian bank |
| Human Computer Interaction | Learn tools and techniques to design frictionless, aesthetically pleasing user experiences |
Designing a user interface to simplify the student visa process |
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