Things Future IT Students Should Know (But Don't)

1. Things Future IT
Students Should Know
(But Don't)
Bryan Bibat
pangkaraniwang developer

2. 1. Purpose

4. Why go to college?

7. Why go to college?
What will you study?

9. CS/IT/SE is not about
computers, programming,
theory, etc.

10. Is Piloting about
airplanes?

11. Is Astronomy about
telescopes?

12. Why go to college?
What will you study?

13. You will learn
how to solve problems.

14. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

15. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

16. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

17. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

18. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

19. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

20. If you graduate without
knowing how to solve
everyday problems with the
help of a computer...

21. If you graduate without
knowing how to solve
everyday problems with the
help of a computer,
you probably just wasted a
couple of years of your life.

22. 2. Courses

23. What course should I take
to learn how to build
computer programs?

24. CS?

25. IT?

26. Software Engineering

27. SQL

28. Trick answer.

29. No PH school teaches
Software Engineering

30. Trick answer.

31. Trick question.
Trick answer.

32. IT graduate
vs
CS graduate

33. Here's a secret:

34. Nobody hires
IT graduates,
CS graduates, etc.

35. Nobody hires
IT graduates,
CS graduates, etc.
Companies hire
software developers.

36. People who know
how to solve problems.

37. Develop a web-based
inventory and
warehousing system for a
small retail chain.

38. Develop a mobile app for
surveying with geolocation support and
automatic data upload.

39. Write a simple
to-do list app.

41. 3. Talent

42. What do you need to
excel in college?

44. Passion

45. Passion
Diligence

46. Passion
Diligence
Perseverance

47. "Nothing in the world
can take the place of
persistence.

48. Talent will not;
nothing is more common
than unsuccessful men
with talent.

49. Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb.

50. Talent will not;
nothing is more common
than unsuccessful men
with talent.

51. Education will not;
the world is full of
educated derelicts.

52. Persistence and
determination alone are
omnipotent.

53. The slogan 'press on' has
solved and always will
solve the problems of the
human race."
- Calvin Coolidge

57. Passion
Diligence
Perseverance

58. 4. Credentials

59. Software development is
a Meritocracy.

62. Software development is
a Meritocracy.
Grades, diplomas, certificates, etc.
do not matter in the long run.

63. You go to college to
learn.

64. College teaches you
fundamentals.

65. College teaches you
fundamentals.
Everything else you learn
outside college.

66. Explore

69. Stay up-to-date

71. Collaborate

74. Participate

79. 5. Expectation

80. What awaits you after
college?

81. for example:
Project in High School
(and College)

84. Project in Real World

86. Requirements change 2
hours before deadline...

88. In the real world, you are
asked to do the impossible

89. In the real world, you are
asked to do the impossible
on a daily basis.

92. By the time you graduate,
you should know how to
solve human problems
effectively and efficiently
using computers.

93. And the only way to deal
with these "impossible"
tasks is to work on the
human aspect of problem
solving.

94. More projects fail from
poor communication
rather than
poor programming.

95. No matter how the media
portrays geeks as socially
awkward individuals...

97. ...you will have to work on your
social skills along with your
technical skills if you want to get
far in the industry.

98. Thank you for listening!
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