Category:Application to IT or ITC professionals

===Application to IT or ITC professionals: ===

Bill Gates, along with his partner Paul Allen, are responsible for creating the most widely used operating systems on the planet. Accounting for nearly 70% of world users, Windows, in all of its versions, provides the muscle for countless applications, programs, libraries, and development environments.

For budding IT and ITC professionals alike, this means that at some point in their career, they will come into direct contact with any number of iterations laid out by Gates and company. Having the skills to competently navigate through Windows GUI aside, this means that the marketability for Windows OS proficiency is both incredibly high, and very lucrative.

S till deeper into the opportunities associated with Gate's creation are the ever growing opportunities in the game development industry. Microsoft's flagship X-box 360 encompasses billions of dollars every year, and the demand for professionals of every discipline continues to expand. Some of these career paths include;


 * Programmers


 * Graphic designers


 * Web development professionals


 * System administrators


 * Database administrators


 * Social networking specialist

The need for these and other interdiciplinary computing professionals is on a near constanly expanding plaform. IT  and ITC professionals can utilize their interdisciplinary training to fill and number of these openings, with ample opportunity to rise up the digital ladder.

Programming languages have come a long way from Gate and Allen's days using BASIC. Today Microsoft employs thousands of programmers using languages that span everything from C and C++, to Python and Javascript. This opens the door to a vast range of applications and programs for the up and coming IT/ITC majors. The need for one for many language professionals is always growing, and always making room for new minds.

References:
"Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates." Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.aspx>.

<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:black;background:white">"Browser Statistics." Browser Statistics. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp>.

<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:black;background:white">"From Pre-PC to Post-PC: Happy Birthday, Microsoft." BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/from-pre-pc-to-post-pc-happy-birthday-microsoft/>.<span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">