AMC Bridge Campus as a training system that is based on 10+ years of a unique experience. Useful tips, poor advices and lessons learned – we’ll openly share our failures and successes. • How to obtain useful experience and necessary skills? We have developed an effective system that covers full training cycle from internship to team leadership – figures can prove it. • Cutting-edge technologies and real projects published on app stores with thousands of downloads as the advanced and fruitful educational method

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THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR: HOW TO
PREPARE A TRAINEE TO THE WILD
WORLD OF CUSTOMER PROJECTS

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Vadym Synakh
▪ Chief OperatingOfficer​
▪ Scientific background in Computer Simulation​
▪ 25+ years in IT industry​​
▪ Built AMC Bridge from 3 to 450+ engineers
Speaker

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Company Profile
50+ Clients
500+ Employees
Specialization in Engineering Software development
4 development centers in Dnipro, Khmelnitsky, Sumy, Chernivtsi
Next milestone – opening an office in Lviv

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Awards
▪ Global Outsourcing 100
▪ Software 500
▪ Inc 5000
▪ TOP-50 IT Companies in Ukraine
▪ Best IT Employer 2016 by DOU
Notable Clients
▪ Amadeus, Autodesk, Dassault SOLIDWORKS,
PTC, Siemens PLM
▪ 3D Systems, Stratasys, Trimble
▪ Aras, Desktop Metal, Katerra, Onshape
Industry Recognition

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Campus Input into AMC Bridge Growth
0
50
100
150
200
250
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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Technical Staff Campus Specialists

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90
100
120
144*
2015 2016 2017 2018
IT Professionalsin thd
* PwC Forecast
20% of annualgrowth
1-3% of IT specialistsrelocate annually**
Ukrainian IT Market
** DOU

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MARKET GROWS WITH
NEWBIES ONLY

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775
767
694
2014 2015 2016
IT Graduates in Dnipro
* Dnipro State Educational Department
16 000 Technical Graduates annually
* IT Ukraine Association,January 2018
IT Graduates Annually

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Universities
Basic
knowledge
Experience
Universities vs IT Academies
IT Academies
Basic
knowledge
Experience
VS

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COMPANIES CAN’T REPLACE
UNIVERSITIES ON TEACHING
BASICS

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COMPANIES TRAIN
WORKING ON REAL
PROJECTS

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▪ Training for newbies
▪ Training for team leaders
▪ Marketing materials preparation
▪ Applying cutting-edge technologies on real projects
▪ Publishing free tools with thousands of downloads
AMC Bridge Campus is:

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Research Projects
REAL
Goals Project Team Results

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Project Workflow
Proposal Specification
and Estimation
Schedule
DevelopmentRelease

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Project Infrastructure
Bug Tracking
System
Build
System
Version Control
System
Time Tracking
System
Document
Management
Source Quality
Management

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Development
Testing
Demo
Marketing materials
Release
Project Lifecycle

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Team
Project
Leader
Developer
Team Leader
QA
Team Leader
Developer
(Trainee)
UI
Designer
QA
Engineer

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Prepared for Customer Projects, 2013 - 2018
60+
Applications
236 000+
Views on YouTube
5
Top tool by downloads
70 000+
Top tool by downloads

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How We Started
Resume Interview Trainees on Research
Projects
Juniors

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*Statisticsfor 2018,
but nothing has changed
How We Started

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Internship Stage Added
Standard
Resume
Interview Trainees on
Research Projects
Juniors
Resume for
Internship
Interview Interns

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Results of Enrollment
*Statisticsfor 2018

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Clean Code Cup Participation
Employees Participants
Clean Code Cup
The goal of the Clean Code Cup competition is to
simulate developer-customer communication and to
train a good programming style
Clean Code Cup 2016:
▪ 96 developers were recommended
▪ 23 developers were registered
▪ 10 developers submitted results

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No time limits, no requirements on start, no specifications, verification by teachers –
uninspiring results
Educational Projects at Universities (Khmelnytskyi)

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Educational Projects. Lessons Learned
▪ Launch of “Advanced 3D Computer Graphics Course”
on October 2018
▪ Location: Khmelnitsky, Chernivtsi, Dnipro
▪ AMC Bridge Specifications for Universities

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AMC Bridge Tutor Introduced
Interview Trainees on Research
Projects
Juniors
Interview Interns
Resume

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How to Cook a Junior
▪ Training on client projects
▪ Adaptation period
Interview Trainees on Research
Projects
Juniors
Interview Interns
Resume

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Introducing ‘Freshman’ Seniority
Freshmen
Customers Projects
Interview Trainees
Research Projects
Juniors
Interview Interns
Resume

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Junior. Time to Reach a Destination
1 month
Freshmen
Customers Projects
Interview Trainees
Research Projects
Juniors
Interview Interns
4-5 months 2-3 months
Resume

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Career Path
Trainee on Research
Project
1
Freshman on Customer
Project
2
Junior3
Middle4
Team Leader
on Research Project
3
Team Leader
on Customer Project
4
Project Manager5
Operating Director6
Senior5
Technical Expert6

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AMC Bridge is vendor of choice for software development services
in the areas of computer-aided design, engineering,
manufacturing and construction. Since 1999, we have been
delivering solutions for CAD, CAE, CAM, PDM, BIM and PLM
applications.
For over fifteen years we have participated in the development of
commercial software products and custom solutions for the
engineering markets based on the variety of platforms, from
desktop and web to mobile and clouds.
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