These are the people that build the computers, write the sofware, manage the networks and calculate the staistics that make business networks and the Internet function.  Careers in computers and math science will always be in demand, even though many technology companies have had cutbacks in recent years.  Technology remains the wave of the future.  The mean hourly range for all computer and math science positions is $36.68 per hour with the mean annual salary of $76,920*.

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Computer Programmer/Software Inventor - John Henry Thompson
John Henry Thompson taught himself several programming languages such as FORTRAN, PLI, COBOL and JCL while working in a New York research facility and later earned his Computer Science degree from MIT. With a minor in Visual Arts Mr. Thompson combined his skills to become chief scientist at Macromedia and went on to develop several products including Lingo programming: a scripting language that helps render visuals in computer programs.Today, Lingo is used with many programs that have interactive simulations with graphics, animation, sound and video to include flash and shockwave programs prevalent in today’s video games.

* The salary information for each profession comes from the U.S. Board of Labor & Statistics and represents 2009 averages based on statistics gathered from metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. For a listing of other professions not listed on our site, visit the U.S. Board of Labor & Statistics website.