Any programing jobs for railroading for my future career any advice?

[RHeness24]

Well I am thinking and been asking myself but is their any programing or computer jobs for railroading any advice would be helpful

 

[H222]

Computer industry is overcrowded, programmers are a dime-a-dozen. Now there's a shift to more practical jobs as computers become less and less dependant on humans.

Jamie

 

[slabay]

Computer industry is overcrowded, programmers are a dime-a-dozen. Now there's a shift to more practical jobs as computers become less and less dependant on humans.

Jamie

Not quite sure where that came from. And I'm kind of curious what is defined as a "more practical" job. NS is currently looking for Systems Analysts, CSXT is looking for "Information Engineer I" to manage GIS data. UP has Java developer, Mainframe developer, "Utility Developer-Gaming Technology" (Color me curious??!!??), Technical Lead - Locomotive Diagnostics. BNSF is looking for SAP Security Architerct, Manager or Senior Manager Telecom, and more.

Pick a railroad, look at the employment page of their site and see what they need. Find a job on their page that interests you and see what the hiring requirements are. By the very nature of the industry and the world today, there are always going to be IT jobs.

 

[RHeness24]

Well maybe I'll check on norfolk southern's page then.

 

[itareus]

I have no idea what the jobs market is like in the USA, so i can't comment on that. What I would say is that railwaymen who understand IT, or IT people who understand railways are very rare breeds, therefore there is a niche for somebody who understands both railways and IT and can translate the needs of the rail industry into something that the IT tech guys can understand and work from. Put simply this usually involves taking the end user requirements and writing these down as a Functional or System specification (it's more complex that this but there are plenty of books on the subject).

 

[RHeness24]

Well you see I'm trying to look for railroad jobs in PA but don't know what area would be in need of programming or some type of programming if someone that knows a website where I could find a area that has programming for railroading or some type of programming I would apperiacte it

 

[johnwhelan]

Well I am thinking and been asking myself but is their any programing or computer jobs for railroading any advice would be helpful

I always sorted stumbled into things but then the Internet and email were just arriving. The big problem is applying an appropriate computer system solution. This means understanding what is important so that anything you do aligns with that.

The most important thing would be to find a boss you can get on with, typically type B personalities are easier to work for and think things through so they achieve their targets. Career wise being associated with projects that don't quite make it isn't that good.

If it can be split out into pure programming then it can get subcontracted to India or Eastern Europe. If its interfacing with the end user perhaps explaining how to get the best of the new system that sort of job is more difficult to put off shore.

Languages, it takes two years to become proficient in one and they do tend to go in fashions. In working with computers I rarely programmed in the last twenty years but did quite a bit in the first twenty years.

Cheerio John