The Career Profile Project
Career Profile Project
Systems Engineering Manager
Job Title and Job Description
Systems Engineering Manager
Everything. The fact that I do everything. I am responsible for pc?s, servers, phones, program maintenance on most of our applications (not necessarily programming, just responsible for it), information security... (I work for a small company)
What are some related career opportunities and job titles in your company or in your career area?
System analyst, DBA, Programmer analyst. IT manager.
What education or training did you have to prepare for this career?
Associates degree in Computer science, but I learned alot on the the job.
What education or training do you recommend for students today who want to enter this field?
Computer science, problem solving technics.
When you were in high school, did you know that you would enter this field?
Nope!
Skills Profile
| Skills Used | Rating (5=Most Important thru 1=Not Important) | Comments |
| Artistic |  | |
| Athletic / Physical | | |
| Bilingual | | |
| Computer Technology | | |
| Coordination / Using Hands, Tools, and Equipment | | |
| Creative Thinking | | |
| Interpersonal | | |
| Investigative / Fact Finding | | |
| leadership and Supervising | | Even before I was a manager. |
| Logical Thinking | | |
| Math | | |
| Mechanical Understanding | | |
| Sales and Negotiation |  | |
| Scientific and Experimental | | |
| Social Service / Helping Skills | | |
| Teaching / Instructing | | Important to be able to explain to non computer literate people |
| Verbal Communication | | |
| Understanding Nature, Plants, Animals | | |
| Understanding Yourself | | always! |
| Writing | | |
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Interview By: Systems Engineering Manager | ||