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<div>The field of computer science is so broad and so vast that a detailed list would be almost impossible to make. Computer science is an ever-changing and growing field of work. New possibilities and new technology are a daily event. There are many preconceptions and myths about what a computer science graduate could work on, how they will work, and job availability. Let’s look at the ten most common myths and frequently asked questions about computer science.</div>
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<div class="section-heading">1. IT means sitting in front of a computer all day.</div>
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<div class="content-box">The reality is that there are very few such solitary positions. Computer science involves problem solving, and problem solving involves interaction with others: clients, managers, colleagues, and support personnel. The field contains all kinds of specialization, areas to match many personality types, from the outgoing information management, customer service and support personnel to scientific database and system programming to support staff and operations management. All of these areas require some degree of interaction with others, and communication skills are important. A good resume can land a computer science graduate a particular job, but it is her communication skills that will determine how far she advances in her career.
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<div class="copyright">Beaubouef, T., & McDowell, P. (2008). Computer Science: Student Myths and Misconceptions. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 23(6), 43-48.</div>
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<div class="content-box">"Over the next five years, Canadian businesses will have to fill no less than 90,000 new IT positions," said Stephen Ibaraki, vice-president, Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and association of IT professionals in Toronto.
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"However, Canadian colleges and universities will not produce the required number of qualified candidates for these positions."
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<div class="copyright">Arellano, N. E. (2007). Canadian IT industry needs image makeover, say analysts, itWorld.com (24 Jan 2007).</div>
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<div class="content-box">The first all-electronic, digital computer, the ENIAC, was programmed by six women. Grace Hopper, a woman, invented the first programming language.
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Sanders, of the Center for Women and Information Technology, believes it's all about diversity of thought and how diversity leads to a better product. "Anything created by a homogeneous group isn't as robust," she explains.
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<div class="copyright">From, Where are the Women in Tech?., by Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC.com careers contributor, February 29, 2008.</div>
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<div class="content-box">The reality is that computer science involves a great deal of math [2], and students must be disciplined enough to work at learning required math skills. Some of these skills involves general problem solving skills, and many students do not have enough experience in this area [3]. Like any skill, however, there are ways to learn new techniques and to gain practice in this area if the student remains interested and diligently tries to master problem solving.
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<div class="copyright">Beaubouef, T., & McDowell, P. (2008). Computer Science: Student Myths and Misconceptions. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 23(6), 43-48.</div>
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<div class="content-box">TCreating high-quality computing solutions is a highly creative activity, and computing supports creative work in many other fields. The best solutions in computing exhibit high levels of elegance and beauty.
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Software development is also a highly creative activity. There is very little that is mechanical about software development, if there were, those aspects of the discipline would have been automated years ago. Putting together a software system means thinking creatively about the design, finding clever solutions to problems, exploiting the best engineering practices, and maintaining a high-level vision of how all the parts fit together.
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<div class="copyright">'Top 10 Reasons to Major in Computing' in the ACM Computing Degrees & Careers brochure, and Frequently Asked Questions on the ACM Computing Degrees & Careers web site.</div>
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<div class="content-box">IT workers are being snapped up not only by software and hardware companies, but also by financial firms, ad agencies, food and drug makers, manufacturers and even the fashion industry.
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Computing is an essential tool for discovery and advancement in virtually every field of science. And as we move forward, computing holds the key to progress in almost every human endeavour.
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<div class="copyright">"IT talent shortage hurting most Canadian companies", by Nestor Arellano, columnist for itbusiness.ca, Sept. 23, 2008, and Rashid, R. (2008). Inspiring a New Generation of Computer Scientists. Communications of the ACM, 51(7), 33-34.</div>
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<div class="content-box">This myth appears to be entirely without foundation. Because of the enormous demand for people with strong information technology and computing skills, the opportunities for software engineers and other information technology professionals are expanding in Asia, just as they are everywhere else. The available evidence shows that even though some jobs are being moved offshore, the number of new computing jobs created in the United States is substantially higher. A recent report by the Association for Computing Machinery offers extensive background data and analysis of the effect of offshoring in the software industry. In a March 1, 2006 editorial, the New York Times observed that the real threat to the U.S. computing industry is not offshoring but the fact that so few students are getting the necessary training in the field: "The industry isn't gone, but it will be if we don't start generating the necessary dynamic work force".
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<div class="copyright">From Frequently Asked Questions on the ACM Computing Degrees & Careers web site.</div>
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<div class="content-box">Computing drives innovation in the sciences (human genome project, AIDS vaccine research, environmental monitoring and protection just to mention a few), and also in engineering, business, entertainment and education. If you want to make a positive difference in the world, study computing.
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<div class="copyright">From, Top 10 Reasons to Major in Computing. on the ACM Computing Degrees & Careers web site.</div>
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<div class="content-box">"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes, biology is about microscopes, or chemistry is about beakers and test tubes. Science is not about tools. It is about how we use them, and what we find out when we do."
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<div class="copyright">From M. R. Fellows and I. Parberry, "Getting Children Excited About Computer Science," Computing Research News 5, no. 1 (January 1993).</div>
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<div class="content-box">It used to be that geek was a derogatory reference to a person obsessed with intellectual pursuits for their own sake, who is also deficient in most other human attributes so as to impair the person's smooth operation within society. This is no longer true.
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Computing professionals today are athletes, medical professionals, game developers, business analysts, information security designers, and excellent communicators. Computing professionals work and play in all walks of life, and are valued members of society. Ask Warren MacKenzie, a 1976 graduate of UNB Computer Science who now owns his own consulting company and has established a non-for-profit cancer research organization.
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