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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