WWW: Beyond the Basics

7. Web Related Careers

7.3. Popular Career Titles

7.3.7 Protocol Designer

Description

The person that defines the Internet services are called the Protocol Designers. They write protocols for Electronic Mail (e-mail), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, USENET News, Gopher, and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). These persons should have knowledge of existing protocol, creativity to design/modify protocols, ability to test the protocols, and experience with networking. Many of them have performed or do perform Internetwork Engineering tasks as well.

Education Requirement

Most Protocol Designers have an education background in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Science. There are some technical schools that offer 1-2 year programs of courses to be certified in writing protocols.

Salary

The salary can range from $40K-$80K depending on experience and education.

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