Top 10 jobs for workers in their 20s means we should all become an Engineer
A recent survey via career and salary comparison website Glassdoor (www.glassdoor.com) has highlighted technical engineering careers as some of the best occupations for job satisfaction for young professional workers in their 20’s, when starting out on their career path.
Finding a job that will make you happy is a top priority for most young people.
Topping the list, twenty-somethings gave Marketing Manager an average satisfaction rating of 4.0 on the website’s review section – where employees rate their job satisfaction on a scale of one to five, with one being very dissatisfied and five being very satisfied.
Topping the list, twenty-somethings gave Marketing Manager an average satisfaction rating of 4.0 on the website’s review section – where employees rate their job satisfaction on a scale of one to five, with one being very dissatisfied and five being very satisfied.
Glassdoor used the job reviews written on its site over the past three years to determine that software and mechanical engineers, make the top three best jobs for employees between the ages of 20 and 29.
Redline director Adam Walker commented: "It's interesting to see the range of jobs highest rated among people in their 20s, and that careers involving the creation of technology figure very highly. A software engineer has one of the most in-demand and lucrative careers in the world with rapid expansion of the profession as software continues to touch our everyday lives.”
The full list of top jobs for workers in their 20s is as follows:
Marketing Manager
Software Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Research Associate
Business Analyst
Administration Assistant
Lifeguard
Barista
Data Analyst
Bartender
Redline assist many different types of software developers, these engineers often have advanced maths skills, which allow them to write complex algorithms required for developing software. Those who design embedded software using C or Assembler, device drivers and efficient applications programs so that employees can be as productive as possible use a number of languages including C, C++, Java and HTML and JavaScript.
A computer programmer, often described as the ‘builder’, is closely associated with a software engineer, who is the ‘architect’. Software engineers work with the management of a company to design software to meet specific business needs, where programmers carry out the programming instructions that engineers develop. However, in the computer industry, the lines of distinction between different career paths have become blurred in recent years. Individuals in these computer careers need to know how to architect, but they also need to know how to program and perform other functions with which they work on a regular basis.