Career Options for CS/IT/IS graduates
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My short career talk for Ateneo de Davao CS/IT/IS senior college students
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Career Options for CS/IT/IS graduates
- 2. Career options for CS/IT/IS graduates ALFRED JETT GRANDEZA FOUNDER, LEAN CONSULTING
- 3. About Me • Graduate of AdDU, Computer Science 2012 • Over 5 years of software engineering experience • Former CTO of T.H.E. Patrons, co-founder • Founder of Lean Consulting • Active member of the Davao .NET community • I do consulting and freelance work • I do seminars • Advocate of .NET technologies & AngularJS • I LIKE TO LEARN!
- 4. Career options as CS/IT/IS graduate • Developer/Programmer • Mobile • Web • “Full stack” • IT/MIS Administrator • Network Engineer • Information Security Engineer / White-hat hacker • Researcher/Academe • Entrepreneur • …and many others
- 5. Why you should be a Software Developer? • Programmers are today’s rockstars • One of the highest paid / pays very well • In demand • Future proof
- 7. Why you should not be a Software Developer? • If you’re not happy with it • If you do not want to study all the time • If you’re easily frustrated • If you hate details • If you don’t want to get paid well • If you want your job to be outdated after 10 years or less • Never ending stress • Poor diet
- 9. How to start a successful career as a developer?
- 10. 1. Strengthen your fundamentals • Programming Paradigms • Object Oriented • Functional • Procedural • Algorithms • Data Structures • Agile Methodologies
- 11. 2. Master 1 programming language • Avoid at all cost learning multiple languages at one time • Unless you are very smart :p • Concentrate on one to master
- 12. 3. Master 1 framework • Mastering a framework could take years of practice
- 13. 4. Strategically choose a secondary framework/language • Compliment your first choice of language or framework with another • Example: • ASP.NET Web API and AngularJS
- 14. 5. Master SQL • Most, if not all, applications gather data • SQL is the universal language
- 15. 6. Learn JavaScript • Because JavaScript is everywhere • Mobile • Phonegap, Cordova • Web • jQuery, AngularJS, KnockoutJS • Back-end • NodeJS • Database • MongoDB
- 16. 7. Learn Version Control • Any software company uses version control • Git • SVN • Mercurial
- 17. 8. Learn how to read someone else’s code • It’s not always about writing code • A big chunk of your time will be devoted to: • Understanding someone else’s code • Debugging • Arguing with QA
- 18. What subjects are very useful? (as a developer) • Databases • All programming classes • Object Oriented Programming • Data structures • Systems Analysis and Design • Research (Thesis)
- 19. My advice to aspiring developers • Constantly learn • Invest in yourself • Be ready to watch hours of video tutorials • Be ready to read books • Put in the hours! • Learn as much as you can • Create a Github Account • Create Stackoverflow Account
- 20. Don’t limit yourself in software development • Game Development • Robotics • Arduino, Raspbery Pi • Agriculture • Automated Irrigation System • Health • Entrepeneurship • …and many more
- 21. My advice on aspiring entrepreneurs
- 22. Shameless plug
- 25. Davao MSDN Session (Sept) • Sept 17, Saturday • I’ll be speaking about AngularJS vs AngularJS 2 • Another speaker from Manila, Microsoft MVP • For more details - Davao .NET Users group