Dr. Joshua Cooper form the Math department sends these 3 positions from a startup company in Philadelphia. They are looking for Application Developer/ Data Engineer, Application Developer Data Visualization Specialist and Data Analytics developer.

I'm at The Center for Child and Family Studies, College of Social Work. We deliver training via an installation of the Moodle LMS to Department of Social Services caseworkers. We use a product called Articulate to create SCORM-compliant quizzes. We would like to get aggregate information from the LMS rather than just the gross scores we now can retrieve. It's clear that the LMS is capturing every answer for every participant. We can go into the "Track details" area of the LMS and see each person's response. We cannot retrieve this information, however, unless we go in and hand count. We would like to hire a programmer / grad assistant who might be able to help us build a tool that would retrieve this information from the LMS. We are able to pay for this service. Beck Sullivan Assistant Director for Information Design Center for Child and Family Studies College of Social Work, USC bsullivan@sc.edu 777-0400

ReachSmart is looking for a Database Administrator, a Software Engineer and a Technical Enterprise Architect. Click on the titles to see the details. If interested you can contact: Chris Stokes, ReachSmart chris.stokes@reachsmart.com phone: 803.790.8381 x278

Te Career Center works with all co-op students to ensure that they can maintain their student status during the semesters they are away from the University. As their advisor, please help them plan their semester accordingly and direct them to the Career Center. For additional information on USC’s co-op requirements please click here or refer students to call 803-777-7280. Students must make sure to report their hire on JobMate in order to initiate the co-op approval process. The last day to report a spring co-op to the Career Center is January 18, 2013. Co-ops reported to the Career Center after this date will not be recorded by the registrar’s office, which can impact a student’s enrollment status. Students who will be completing an internship can also report their hire to the Career Center utilizing JobMate. These students will receive University recognition for reporting their semester internship. If students have further questions about obtaining a co-op/internship or the process of reporting their hire please refer them to the Career Center. Students can drop-in during 1-4pm without an appointment, Monday-Friday. Erin Kitchell Program Coordinator for Experiential Education USC Career Center H.William Close BA Building, 6th Floor Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-3485 (phone) (803) 777-7556 (fax) http://www.sc.edu/career

I am currently recruiting for our IT Development Program. This is a full time role which gives students the opportunity to explore 4 different facets of IT within two years in order to enhance and identify their strengths. This is a very flexible and program which includes opportunities in infrastructure, cyber security, web development, and application development, just to name a few. There is also the opportunity to rotate geographically including internationally. Overall I can certainly say our Program members have found the experience extremely rewarding and have led to highly successful careers. If you think this is relevant to your student body, I would really appreciate you spreading word about this opportunity. I have attached a job description [see end of post] to clarify further details and would also be happy to answer any questions. In order for students to apply they must apply to the Genworth website. To locate this posting, go to Genworth's website at http://www.genworth.com/employment, click apply online, and enter HQ14620 into the “Requisition” field. If you are not the correct contact person or have a suggestion of others who may be a good contact person for me, I would greatly appreciate any other referrals. Thank you, Amy Amy Griffith Genworth Financial College Recruiter 6620 West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23230

This is a part-time opportunity (10 hrs. / week) assisting with general web activities on multiple websites. Candidate must have:

• web experience (HTML, CSS, Javascript)
• design skills
• a creative brain

This is an hourly position ( No more than 10 hrs / week). Pay is negotiable based on experience. Send inquiries to: Bob Humphrey rbhumphrey@purefishing.com

We are looking for someone to help with development and additions to our website as a contracted worker. This is paid short-term position with the possibility of further employment upon completion of initial contract term. Qualifications: Third year Computer Science Majors and up Self-motivated Individual with Analytical and Problem Solving Skills Experience working with javascript, Php, and postgres/mysql is a plus. Please email resume and contact information to benkepes@yahoo.com for review.

We have just posted 2 IT jobs, not for students. I have posted for alumni on jobmate, but feel free to alert anyone you know who has experience and is interested in applying for a full time position. App Dev position in SCANA's Badging/Security team. info & apply online http://www.scana.com job 963981 . MS SQL Server req'd Infrastructure Analyst position in SCANA's Cyber Security team. info & apply online http://www.scana.com job 964046

Glassdor.com has published a report on Software Engineer Salaries at the 15 Top Tech Companies:

Of the 15 tech companies in this report, Google Software Engineers earn the highest average base salary for 2012 ($128,336). Trailing closely behind are software engineers at Facebook ($123,626), Apple ($114,413), eBay ($108,809) and Zynga ($105,568).

They also report that the national average software engineer salary is $92,648. So, the average Software Engineer still makes less than the average Lawyer, Pharmacist, Doctor, vice president, or (much less than) Banker, but more than the average manager, accountant, or business analyst. Also, see the slashdot discussion.

The GEM (Graduate Education for Minorities) Fellowship prepares technical leaders for advanced careers in industry, academia, and government agencies by identifying and selecting highly qualified students to complete a program of STEM graduate study and industry internships. Through our university and employer members, GEM awards fellowships and builds mentor networks to support Fellows in achieving academic and professional success. GEM Fellows will receive an internship with a sponsor company.

Entries due November 3 to November 15.

From Dr. Valtorta:

Today's lead story in the Business section of the State is about GM's plan to hire "up to" 10,000 software developers and other IT professionals in the next 3-5 years ("GM to bring computer technology in-house"). This is an Associated Press article by Tom Krisher, bylined Detroit. It is very well written. For comparison, the expected number of jobs in mechanical engineering nationwide for the same period is about the same (cf. BLS Report).

Dr. Buell adds:

10000 jobs over four years (averaging 3 to 5) is 2500 per year. That represents 6.25% of the total estimated production of new graduates, if these were all to be new graduates.

I like this quote from the article:

Experts say it’s also the start of a trend as manufacturers realize that software is among the few things that will set them apart from competitors.

When manufacturing is entirely done by 'robots' (CNC machines, 3D printers, actual robots, etc), then the only thing left for us to do is tell the machines what to do, which is the definition of software: that which tells the machine what to do.