There are many sectors within computer science, and if you haven’t given it much thought of which area you may wish to specialise in, or are unsure, this guide aims to help you.
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Identify where your passions lie - if you know what you enjoy then you would surely be most suited for that area
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Identify areas you have excelled in - these areas would be where you’d be proficient in a professional work environment
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Keep up with trends to discover growing IT industries - by seeing what is rising in popularity, you could discover areas where employers are keen to get their hands on talent to expand their growing businesses
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Going into an area which combines computer science and another one of your passions - for example bioinformatics if you also have an interest for biology, or social data science if you are also interested in politics, social issues, humanities, etc
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Looking for smaller industries, or industries with rarer talent - these would be less or not saturated, and would provide more opportunities for employment