Software Engineering v/s Network Engineering

Table of Content

Introduction1

Purpose, Scope, and Limitations1

Sources and Methods2

Report Organization2

Software Engineering3

Nature of the Work3

Software Engineering Importance3

Career Growth in Market4

Entering the Job Market5

Network Engineering5

Nature of Work5

Importance and Growth of Networking Career6

Some Issues6

Conclusion and Recommendations7

References8

Software Engineering v/s Network Engineering

Introduction

Today students face difficulties in choosing a one right career to pursue from the wide range of careers present nowadays. This report is designed to recommend a client on choosing one particular career from two choices he is presently confused between. The two career choices present here are Software Engineering and Network Engineering. Both are computer related careers where one is related to software programming and second is to network architecture. Thus, this report provides analysis of both careers and recommendations regarding selected anyone.

Purpose, Scope, and Limitations

The purpose of this report is to recommend a client a particular career from the two choices present i.e. Software Engineering and Network Engineering. Both are interesting careers, however, one can choose any particular field depending on various aspects. So, this report will provide a wide picture of both the careers including various important aspects related to them. The report will cover the nature of work performed in both careers and the pros and cons of these careers including future prospects, salaries, and others. However, there are some limitations like data availability for Network Engineering is very limited.

Sources and Methods

The method used for this report is based on secondary research methodologies comprised of qualitative as well as quantitative data. Secondary data method is used to collect data regarding both the career choices because it provides rigorous and thorough information which helps in aligning the data and provides detailed information that helped in appropriate comparison between both the careers.

The sources used in this report are mainly from academies and companies provide data regarding software engineering and network engineering. The academic sources like articles from North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University are used in order to get information regarding both the courses and their career prospects. Further, the organizational sources like information collected from the site 'Today's Engineer' IEEE USA provides rigorous information on software engineering career. Or the information collected from Network engineering organization gives information regarding network engineering job aspects. Moreover, Bloomberg website is also used to enhance data information like software engineers high ability demand by employers. Thus, secondary sources including educational and organizational web links are used to get related information, where it can also be mentioned that limited information is available regarding both careers especially network engineering.

Report Organization

The report provides a detail overlook of both the careers. It is organized in a way that it provides important information concerned with both the career choices. First it gives thorough information regarding software engineering career including its nature of work, importance, growth, and employer's requirement. After analyzing one career, it provides information regarding network engineering career aspects including its nature of work, importance and growth, and finally highlights some issues related with this ...