Computer Engineer

For all the hard work that computer engineers put in for four years of their study, they are rewarded with highly paid jobs. The average salary for fresh graduates from good institutes is about Rs 4.5 lakhs-Rs 6 lakhs a year. To start with, the fresh graduates are employed as trainees or development engineers. They are then promoted to the level of design engineer, senior design engineer and then project leader. The salary ranges from Rs 20 lakhs-Rs 30 lakhs a year.

The Prospects for Computer Engineering would remain quite robust in the coming years.All the new age information technology solutions would require computer engineering as the core discipline for it's development, Computer Engineering is going to be one of the most sought after courses.

There are two names in the world of computers that are not unknown to anyone. Bill Gates has made an everlasting mark in this field with Windows and then Steve Jobs who gave birth to Apple. That Bill Gates is not an engineer does not undermine his contribution to this field. Tim Berners-Lee and his contribution to the World Wide Web, Alan Dix and his research in Human Computer Interface, Brendan Eich and Mozilla and Bill Joy of the Sun Microsystems are some other famous names from the world of computers.

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