To help meet the high demand for people with computer skills, Georgia technical institutes offer a suite of computer information systems programs that lead to specialties in computer programming, microcomputers and network systems. They may develop programs to meet the special needs of anything from a trucking business to the coaches' board for the local Little League. Network specialists install and attach computers to a network. They may determine what infrastructure is needed, the kind of software required to manage a network and how to make it all work, for example, enabling computers in building A to print in building B. Since computer information students, need a high degree of logical aptitude, college algebra is a prerequisite to entering the program. Demand for skilled technicians far exceeds availability of skilled people.
Salaries can double in just three to five years.
My phone rings off the hook with recruiters. I can't get enough good students. If I had two or three times the number, I feel I could place them all. With three to five years experience, salaries may double. Just about any kind of business you can think of uses computers and needs employees trained in this field.