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Computing Scotland

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What can a career in computing do for you?

careers

When most of us are asked what we look for a job, the usual responses contain the words “interesting” and “money”! This page aims to relate these two topics to computing careers and employers in Scotland, the UK, and internationally.

We've been asking graduates who have gone on to join well known (and not so well known!) companies to get their views on life during, and after their education, see the graduate story section for more details.

Not happy with individual graduate stories, we've also been working with a few national and international IT companies in order to introduce you to the opportunities available to today's computing graduates, see the companies section for more details.

what’s a job in computing like?

The best people to ask are those working in the industry today! We’ve asked a few if they could spare some time to talk about the work they do and how they got there, here’s what they had to say…

the graduate their story
Paul Aikman, B.Sc. (Hons) Software Engineering

University of Glasgow

I've just graduated after spending four years at Glasgow Uni studying Software Engineering.

I liked the fact that I could try a few other ... (Read More)

Quintin Cutts, BSc Computational Science

University of Glasgow

I'm a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow, in Computing Science.

My story? Self-taught programming with Microsoft Basic on a... (Read More)

(» more stories)

sounds good, who’s hiring?

Scotland’s IT industry is bigger than you might think! We’ve talked to some of the main scottish computing graduate recruiters in order to bring you their background, history, and interesting news!

Meet the Companies:

RM - Exciting Learning

Established in 1973, RM has grown to become the UK's leading supplier of ICT to education. Simply put, we design and implement innovative software... (Read More)

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue," NYSE: IBM, is a multinational computer technology and cons... (Read More)

(» more companies)