School Project from 8th Grade

1. Chanpisey Riem
Trulsson 7th
April 26,2013

2. WOW
Design the next hit
game
Create an app that is
used by millions of
people
Millions of downloads
Making a lot of money

3.  Typical high school core curriculum
◦ English: 4 years
◦ Foreign Language: 2 to 3 years
◦ Math: 3 years
◦ Science: 2 - 3 years
◦ Social Studies: 2 to 3 years
◦ Academic Electives
 SAT and ACT
◦ National average for SAT is 1500
◦ National average for ACT is between 20 and 21
 Others
◦ Learning the basic of computer science

4. Walden University
Best school in information technology, focus
on web and mobile application development
Stanford University
First universities to offer iPhone app
development, Ge Wang, the co-founder of
Smule is a professor at Stanford
New York University
Offers a wide verities of mobile app classes,
from quick certificates to full development
programs. In addition, of courses in app
marketing, mobile analytics and mobile
advertising.

5.  No industry standard but some
companies require additional
certification and knowledge.
 Bachelor’s degree in
computer science and strong
computer-programming skills

6.  Software for a specific
customer or commercial
software
 Work at home or office
 AT&T Principal Applications
Developer (Big Data)
◦ PlanoPalo Alto
 New River Kinematics
◦ Dallas, TX 75201
 NextGen Information Services,
Inc
◦ Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

7.  Applications that allow people to do
specific tasks on handheld device
 Custom software for a specific customer
or commercial software to be sold to the
general public
 Creative minds behind computer
programs
 Design each piece of the application
and plan how the pieces will work
together
 If application do not function correctly it
the developer job to go back and fix the
problems or improve the program.
 After the program is released, a
developer perform upgrades and
maintenance.

8.  Working indoor and most of
the time sitting in from of a
computer
 Alone and team work
 Most working Full time
 Estimated one-fourth worked
more than 40 hours per week
in 2010

9.  Growth
◦ Estimated to grow 30% from 2010 to 2020
◦ Large increase in the demand for software

10.  Starting:
◦ Between $30,000 to $68,000
on the first year
 Average:
◦ National: $87,800
◦ Between $39,000 and $77,000
with five years of experience
 Upper End:
◦ Between $50,000 and
$133,000 with ten years
experience

11.  Apple App Developer
◦ https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
◦ Instructions of step by step to upload your apps
on to the Apple’s app store.
◦ Must pay a fee
 Google Play Developer
◦ http://developer.android.com/index.html
◦ Instructions of step by step to upload your apps
on to the Google’s play store.
◦ Must pay a fee

12.  Marino, Kristin. "How to Become a
Mobile App Developer."
INFOGRAPHIC: How to Become a
Mobile App Developer.
Schools.com, 27 Aug. 2012. Web. 28
Apr. 2013.
 "Software Developers." U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, 18 July 2012. Web. 04 May
2013.
 Bruno, Antony. "App Developers =
Tomorrow's Rock Stars." Billboard.
Billboard, 31 Mar. 2011. Web. 28 Apr.
2013.