Ciklum Dnepropetrovsk Open Day, 28 April 2015

2. Your Supercool Combo to Get
The First Job in IT

3. 02
Business
Mindset
Technical
Skills
Soft Skills
Process
Knowledge

4. 03
University
Self-education
Professional courses
Technical Skills
InternshipR2

5. Self-education
Online schools
Code Academy, Udemy, Coursera etc.
User Groups
JS Dnepr, .NET Dnepr, QA Community etc.
IT Portals
Techcrunch, StartupDigest, Habrahabr, DOU, AIN
etc.
04
Professional events
Ciklum Saturday, Java Framework Days, IT Jam etc.
How to become: QA, Team Lead,
Architect etc.

6. 03
Courses
 Luxoft Training Center
 SoftServe IT Academy
 and others…
 Ruby Garage
 QA Courses

7. Internship
07
Front-end, .NET, C++, iOS, QA
Luxoft, SoftServe (after courses), Sitecore, Dataart, Yalantis

8. Process Knowledge
08
Level 1: What is software development lifecycle and
SWEBOK ?
Level 2: Read about Agile Software Development
Level 3: Read Agile Manifesto
Level 4: What is Scrum?
Level 5: Make Scrum Board and use it to pass your exams.
Level 6: What is Kanban and Waterfall?
Level 7: Explain the difference between Scrum and
Waterfall to your parents.
Level 8: What is stand up meeting, planning and
retrospective, PMBOK?
Level 9: Read again Agile Manifesto and make sure you live
agile 

9. 05
COST
TIME
QUALITY
(scope)
Business Mindset
TIME

10. Solutions
Web Mobile Cloud

11. Domains
E-commerce Healthcare Finance/
Banking
Security/
Big Data

12.  Meeting deadlines
• Don’t be late
• Pass exams in time
• Plan your time beforehand
Soft Skills
 Verbal and written communication
• Practice your written communication
• Искусство делового письма
• Мастерство презентаций
 Team player
• Start a small startup with your buddies
• 5 пороков команды
 Proactive
• Always look for untypical solutions
• Get involved in students’ projects

13. English!!!