Software Engineering Jobs Essay (Three and half pages)

Three and half pages essay due after 6 hours

a reflection essay based on the BLS Occupations Projects data discussed in class (see tab labeled "Computer related professions" in spreadsheet on the I: drive; spreadsheet is also available at this link: BLS occupation stats.xlsx). 

Ideas to get you started:

• What parts of the data was most interesting to you? Which occupations?
• Which occupations might require more than just a BS degree?
• Did any of the data surprise you or strike you as odd?
• How does pay correlate to projected number of new jobs?
• How does projected replacement needs data correlate to projected new jobs data?
• Does any of the data cause you to doubt your career choice or to want to change to a different computer-related choice?

Requirements:

• Your essay should be typed in Word, double-spaced, using a 12-point, serif, proportional spaced font (e.g. Times New Roman) for body text. Use one-inch margins. Titles and headings can be of another font.
• A cover page should include the paper title, your name, the date, and the name of the course.
• Not counting the cover page, the paper should be more than Three and half pages and no more than five pages long.
• Indicate new paragraphs by indenting the first line by ½-inch, not an extra line.
• Writing should be formal and correct, but first person may be used. Mechanics, usage, sentence formation, and paragraph formation will be allocated 40% of the points.
• Poorly written essays will be graded for writing only and no points will be allocated for content.
• contents are important as well

Possibly helpful references:

http://faculty.cascadia.edu/jvanleer/MTPE/Reflection%20Paper%20Guidelines.htm 

http://www.ehow.com/way_5184362_tips-writing-reflection-paper.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/