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Occupation Details
Projected Growth
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
National Salary
$95,510 annually
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Education
Bachelor’s 75%, Master’s 9%, Post-master’s 8%
Job Tasks
- Modify existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance
- Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation
- Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
- Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
- Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
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