Continuous study is necessary to keep the skills up to date. Continuing
education is usually offered by employers in the form of paid time in night
classes. Hardware and software vendors might also sponsor a seminar where
analysts will go to gather ideas and new products. Even colleges and
universities will sponsor some of these types of events. (“Computer Systems”
America’s 36) Environment, Hours, and Earnings Systems analysts work in offices
in comfortable surroundings. They usually work about 40 hours a week - the same
as other professionals and office workers. Occasionally, however, evening or
weekend work may be necessary to meet deadlines according to America’s 50
fastest Growing Jobs.
(36) Most of the time, an analyst will live a quite lifestyle, unlike
that of a lawyer or doctor. Even he has the freedoms that those occupations
don’t offer. The pay might decrease, but the family time increases. Although
this may sound pretty basic, it is coming to the point where the common analyst
will work from the everyday setting. In bed, at home, in the car and at the
diner might all be places where an analyst might perform his work thanks to the
technology available today. Even technical support can be done from a remote
location largely in part to modems, laptops, electronic mail and even the
Internet. (“Computer Scientists” 94) So as the hours per week is starting to
vary because of where the work can be done, so are the earnings. The industry is
growing and according to the Occupational Outlook Quarterly Chart, the industry
will be the fastest growing from now until 2005. This occupation will grow so
rapidly in fact, that in 2005, the number of systems analysts will have
increased by 92%. To imagine that this is the only job that will practically
double by the year 2005 is to think that the earnings would go up too. According
to the same chart, the average weekly earning are $845. This is third only to
the two obvious occupations of Lawyers, and Physicians. (48) In 1994, the median
earning for a full time computer systems analyst was about $44,000. The middle
50% earned between $34,100 and $55,000. The highest tenth of all analysts earned
$69,400 where those with degrees generally earn more. (“Computer Scientists” 95)
It is also stated in America’s 50 Fastest Growing Jobs that systems analysts
working in the Northeast had the highest earnings and those working in the
Midwest had the lowest earnings. (37)
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