Scott
Walden
Position:
Software Engineer
Employer:
BellSouth (Science & Technology
Dept)
Job description:
Develop the software that
creates the services such as Caller ID, Flexible Call Forwarding,
....
Salary range:
$50,000-$70,000
Job satisfaction:
I enjoy software development,
but do miss technical analysis. First job I had was mostly involved
in analyzing signals using Fourier transforms, FFT, and lots of probability
theory. I liked that job better but wanted to get out of the defense
industry, so I switched to telecomminications and software.
Employment history:
After getting my Master's
in Applied Math, I then went to Ga. Tech and got a Master's in Electrical
Engineering. So my first job was an engineering job at E-Systems (Defense
related). I then went into contracting at Texas Instruments in their
telecommunications dept. Then I got the job at BellSouth
Suggestions for students:
Interview on campus as
much as possible. I never did have any luck sending resumes through
the mail. However, I did get my last 2 jobs from the want ads in the
paper.
Advisor/Student relationship:
I would advise the students
to take a programming course in C or C++. It seems that now no matter
what kind of technical job you get, it helps to have programming experience.
Also, know as much about the internet as you can. It would also be
helpful (and this could have changed since I was there) to have more
technical companies come to the University for interviews.
Miscellaneous comments:
I am not sure how useful
I would be since a lot of my career has been based on my engineering
degree. I do know that my degrees in math helped my immensely in my
engineering pursuit, so if anyone wants any advice toward this I would
be happy to help them.
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Date of last update: Jan. 13, 1997
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