"Teacher, do you have to be able to write code to study computer science?" "If you don't like typing code, can you still develop in the computer field?" When talking to some computer science students, there are always some students who have such doubts.
In fact, choosing a computer is not only a programmer, the computer is a very broad field, don't narrow your professional path, in addition to programmers, there are many jobs that do not need to type code, but you can also get a high-paying position!
Next, let's find out with Brother Novel~
Product Manager
A product manager is a person who is responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, focusing on the planning and management of a certain product or a certain type of product, and achieving business goals through the form of a product to help users solve practical problems. He plays a very important role in R&D management, not only responsible for defining and designing products, organizing and coordinating the team to carry out product-related work, ensuring that the products meet the needs of the market and customers, but also having certain technical background advantages and better communication skills. In general, the product manager is the designer and manager of the product, and his professional level directly affects the company's development prospects.
In recent years, product managers have earned a considerable amount of money. According to this year's "2024 Spring Recruitment High-Paying Career and Talent Insights" report, in the first quarter of 2024, the average monthly salary of product managers in various industries exceeded 30,000. At the same time, according to Liepin's statistics on the recruitment data in 2023, in the basic layer, model layer, and application layer of the AIGC industrial chain, product managers are the most demanded positions in addition to technical positions.
Software Testing Engineer
Software test engineers are often referred to as quality inspectors in the code industry, although they are also technical jobs, but they are not too technically demanding, and there is not much code to write. The main task is to develop and write the program, by the software tester to verify whether the software meets the needs of the user, the final delivery of the product is consistent with the user's original needs, if not, need to find out different points to submit to the development for repair and improvement, the tester in the testing process to find out the problem, that is, "Bug". To this end, software testing engineers have irreplaceable and broad development prospects to improve team efficiency and help companies reduce costs and increase efficiency.
In recent years, due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing and other fields, the market demand for software testing talents has gradually increased, resulting in a shortage of software testing talents. According to the analysis of relevant survey data, there are nearly 4 million IT technology employees in China, but there is a shortage of more than 300,000 software testing talents. At present, the ratio of domestic development and testing is 6:1, while the ratio of foreign development and testing has reached 1:2. Therefore, there is a large shortage of software testing talents, a serious imbalance between supply and demand, and the employment prospects are very broad. Of course, with the continuous increase of the talent gap in the computer software industry in the mainland, its salary will naturally rise. According to relevant statistics, the average monthly salary of junior software testing engineers is about 12,000 yuan, and Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are the most competitive, with the highest salary of 17,000 yuan.
Operations Engineer
Literally, operation refers to operation, maintenance refers to maintenance, then the most basic responsibility of the operation and maintenance engineer is to be responsible for the stability, availability, and security of network services, and to solve problems in a timely manner to ensure the normal operation of the network, to ensure that network services can provide services to users 24 hours a day, and comprehensively improve the user experience. At the same time, they are also responsible for optimizing the system architecture, improving deployment efficiency, and enabling the system to make more efficient use of resources, thereby increasing the overall ROI.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the Internet industry and the continuous expansion of the scale of websites, the architecture has become increasingly complex, and the demand for O&M personnel in large Internet companies has become more and more urgent. Especially those who are seasoned, their value will increase over time. This also leads to a large demand for operation and maintenance engineers in the market, and the salary is also good, such as the average salary of Beijing operation and maintenance engineers is about 15,000 yuan a month, and the salary will even reach 3-50,000 yuan per month with several years of work experience.
Pre-sales and after-sales technical support
Pre-sales technical support refers to the help provided by pre-sales technical support when the sales encounter unanswerable product problems; After-sales technical support refers to the technical personnel who provide service to users after the product is sold. Different from pre-sales engineers, after-sales technical engineers work more specifically, they face specific problems about product performance and application, and aim to help users diagnose and solve technical problems that may be caused by the product due to obvious symptoms in the process of using the product.
Technical support is generally involved in more projects, and will deal with people or users in various departments, which can be a good exercise of their communication and coordination and project management skills, and these soft skills can also be used in other professions. Of course, the salary is also very good, with an average monthly salary of 1.2-15,000 yuan.
Of course, in addition to these common positions, there are many other career options in the computer field, such as data analyst, IT sales manager, project manager, etc., which are not listed here. In short, there are really many positions that can be engaged in computer majors, and there is a large demand for talents and a high salary level, so you can really choose to study confidently and find your own suitable direction.