Chanpisey RiemTrulsson 7th

April 26,2013

WOWDesign the next hit gameCreate an app that is used by millions of people Millions of downloadsMaking a lot of money

Typical high school core curriculum◦ English: 4 years◦ Foreign Language: 2 to 3 years◦ Math: 3 years◦ Science: 2 - 3 years◦ Social Studies: 2 to 3 years◦ Academic Electives

SAT and ACT◦ National average for SAT is 1500◦ National average for ACT is between 20 and 21

Others◦ Learning the basic of computer science

Walden UniversityBest school in information technology, focus on web and mobile application development

Stanford UniversityFirst universities to offer iPhone app development,  Ge Wang, the co-founder of Smule is a professor at Stanford

New York UniversityOffers a wide verities of mobile app classes, from quick certificates to full development programs. In addition, of courses in app marketing, mobile analytics and mobile advertising.

No industry standard but some companies require additional certification and knowledge.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science and strong computer-programming skills

Software for a specific customer or commercial software

Work at home or office AT&T Principal

Applications Developer (Big Data)◦ Plano\Palo Alto

New River Kinematics◦ Dallas, TX 75201

NextGen Information Services, Inc◦ Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Applications that allow people to do specific tasks on handheld device

Custom software for a specific customer or commercial software to be sold to the general public

Creative minds behind computer programs

Design each piece of the application and plan how the pieces will work together

If application do not function correctly it the developer job to go back and fix the problems or improve the program.

After the program is released, a developer perform upgrades and maintenance.

Working indoor and most of the time sitting in from of a computer

Alone and team work Most working Full time Estimated one-fourth worked

more than 40 hours per week in 2010

Growth◦ Estimated to grow 30% from 2010 to 2020◦ Large increase in the demand for software

Starting:◦ Between $30,000 to $68,000

on the first year Average:

◦ National: $87,800◦ Between $39,000 and

$77,000 with five years of experience

Upper End:◦ Between $50,000 and

$133,000 with ten years experience

Apple App Developer◦ https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/

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◦ Instructions of step by step to upload your apps on to the Apple’s app store.

◦ Must pay a fee Google Play Developer

◦ http://developer.android.com/index.html

◦ Instructions of step by step to upload your apps on to the Google’s play store.

◦ Must pay a fee

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