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- 2. Introductions ➔ What's yourname? ➔ What brought you here today? ➔ What is your programming experience?
- 3. About Thinkful We train webdevelopers and data scientists through 1x1 mentorship and project-based learning. Guaranteed.
- 4. What Is Tech? Tech isn’t justone industry anymore — it’s the new business model. Every company is now a tech company.
- 5. Tech companies now dominateall industries. These are just a few examples. All Completely Online Transportation Entertainment Media Retail
- 6. ➔ The GoldmanSachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking firm ➔ Lloyd Blankfein, CEO:“Goldman Sachs is a tech company.” ➔ 9,000 out of 33,000 employees are on tech team Goldman Sachs
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- 8. VP of Sales Traditional Career Trajectory JuniorSales Account Executive Sales Manager
- 9. Front-End Developer Back-End Developer Full-StackDeveloper QA Developer Tech Career Trajectories Vary
- 10. Roles Vary Product Manager QA Engineer GrowthHacker Dev Ops Systems Architect Front-End Developer Back-End Developer Full-Stack Developer QA Developer =
- 11. Front-End Developer Back-End Developer Full-StackDeveloper QA Developer Common First Jobs
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- 16. Next Step: Senior Developer ➔ Abilityto estimate your work accurately ➔ Handle challenging problems with less support ➔ Provide support for junior developers
- 17. ➔ Coding +Product = Product Manager ➔ Coding + Marketing = Growth Hacker ➔ Coding + Sales = Sales Engineer ➔ Coding + Data = Data Scientist Coding + Roles
- 18. ➔ Learn theskills ➔ Build a portfolio of high quality work ➔ Develop a relevant network ➔ Prep for technical interviews How to Get in the Door?
- 19. ➔ Find aniche based on your background ➔ Build a personal website ➔ Get your portfolio on GitHub ➔ Try and find contract work ➔ Have professionals guide & review your work Building Your Portfolio
- 20. ➔ 80% ofjob openings are never advertised ➔ 120+ average applicants per job posted ➔ At Thinkful, roughly 10-12% of cold applications yield a phone screen Networking the Right Way
- 21. ➔ Cold applicationsare the least effective way of landing a job ➔ Figure out what you want (size, industry, role, etc.) ➔ Reach out to someone that works at a company ➔ Ask them about their work, genuine interest, build a relationship ➔ Eventually (1-2 months in), ask for referral Networking the Right Way
- 22. ➔ Tech recruitersserve as your agent ➔ Can leverage their relationships to arrange interviews ➔ They are incentivized to find you a job ➔ You might get less say in where, but are helpful ➔ Can be great in getting you feedback Tech Recruiters
- 23. ➔ Phone screen ➔Take home tech challenge ➔ In-person interviews The Technical Interview
- 24. ➔ Prep sites(e.g. Interview Cake) ➔ Books (e.g. Cracking the Coding Interview) ➔ Mock interviews with technical friends Resources
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- 26. ➔ Free trialof Full Stack Flex online program ➔ Start with HTML, CSS and JavaScript ➔ Personal Program Manager ➔ Unlimited Q&A Sessions ➔ Student Slack Community ➔ bit.ly/freetrial-webdev Thinkful Two-Week Free Trial
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- 28. The Student Experience Jeff Connelly, ThinkfulGraduate Portfolio Shay Kennedy, Thinkful Graduate Capstone Shari Hobbs, Thinkful Graduate Capstone Evan Thompson, Thinkful Graduate Capstone