If you want to be an IT professional, the things you learn at school probably aren't enough. Here are some of my tips on the important tech skills you should know.
I presented this at Y4IT 2012, held at UP Diliman.
2. Who am I?
• CEO & Co-Founder
Orange & Bronze Software Labs
• Technology Director
Philippine Software Industry Association
• Industry Representative
CHED Technical Committee for Computer Science
• Co-Founder
Association of Filipino Java Developers
(PinoyJUG)
3. It's a great time to be in IT
especially in the Philippines
5. 2011 Performance*
$993 million
37% growth
50,000 employed
*not including in-house software development
6. US Software Industry Growth
$Billions
600
500
400
300
Internet of Things
200
100
Social Networking
0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
market outside
US is now larger
and growing
Personal Computers World Wide Web Mobile
even faster
Mainframes
7. Types of Work
Application Maintenance
Quality Assurance
System Development
– Enterprise, Web & Mobile
Business Analysis / Project Management
Systems Administration & Support
User Experience / User Interface Design
Embedded Programming
Game Development
8. Top Industry Problem – Talent
Prevailing myth that IT is over-subscribed
Decreasing enrollment in IT courses, esp.
Computer Science
Most schools do not teach employable skills
17. Linux – most popular server OS
~70% server market share
- easier remote administration, historically better
stability, few viruses, less patching & rebooting,
better use of hardware resources, abundance of
open source applications and tools...
- Certifications: LPI, Red Hat
18. Command Line, not Point-and Click
almost all servers today are managed remotely
27. The Agile Manifesto
Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools
Working software over
comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over
contract negotiation
Responding to change over
following a plan
28. Agile – Software development philosophy
meant to simplify and humanize software
development, leading to improved productivity
and customer satisfaction.
Covers low-level coding practices, high-level
project-management, values, culture, and
everything in between.
39. First and still the only SpringSource partner
in Southeast Asia – East Asia region
40. Tiger Awards 2011
Kuala Lumpur
most productive
investment in
workforce; from staff
training to social
responsibility
41. Employment & Internship
- Best developer training program in the
country
- Highest engineering standards
- Excellent trainers and mentors
- Challenging projects
- Technopreneurship programs