Presenting to 8-15 year olds, about my career journey.

1. Kurt McIntire
Software Engineer, Meraki

2. What do software
engineers do?

6. What is coding?

9. How did I become a
software engineer?

12. You enter a dark cave.
You hear a sound. You….

13. A. Leave immediately
B. Yell, “Who’s there?”
C. Hide and wait.
D. Pull out your sword.

17. Civil Engineering

18. Civil Engineering

19. Re-Learning
how to code

28. 25+iOS and Android apps

31. What do software
engineers look like?

34. Hector,
Facebook
Cate,
Automattic

35. Agnes,
Topology Eyewear
Ayaka,
Apple

36. Kamilah,
LinkedIn
Felix,
Google

37. @KurtMcIntire
Thank you!

38. What school subjects
will help me become a
software engineer?

39. important Subjects
• Need to be able to explain how your code works to others.
Writing
• Need to be able to read other people’s code, and figure out
how it works.
Reading
• Need to be able to problem solve using numbers & logic.
Math
• Need to be able to run experiments, record results, and fine-
tune your code.
Science