Sudha Jamthe's talk to NorthWestern Polytechnic Univ (NPU) Fremont in Sep 2016 about a Limitless World and Finding Jobs in Silicon Valley. Tweet her @sujamthe and Do something good for yourself as you read this today.
A students guide to a limitless world by Sudha Jamthe
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Welcome to a Limitless World
- A Student’s Guide
SUDHA JAMTHE, CEO IoT Disruptions
Northwestern Polytechnic Univ, (NPU)
Fremont, Sep 22 2016
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2. Who is Sudha Jamthe?
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AUTHOR, TECHNOLOGY FUTURIST, CSP INSTRUCTOR
The IoT Show
Host
#IoTAI #IoTbiz
IoTDisruptions.com #IoTAI @sujamthe
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Who says your world is
Limited?
Only You
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Link to Steve Jobs video - https://youtu.be/-z4NS2zdrZc
4. YOU HAVE SILICON VALLEY
- AI COMPANIES LANDSCAPE
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5. My Career Meanders
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Startup CEO
($1 Mil in 40 days)
Mommy Break
MIT Venture Mentor
Tweeter/Blogger
Led Meetups( Fb,G+
Pinterest, Twitter)
YouTube channel
PayPalX Org
eBay Social
Analytics Org
eBay Global
Goals Org
eBay Mobile
Analytics Org
$27Bil
Software Engg
(BE CS)
BU MBA (Internet
Director)
IoT Author
(3 books)
IoT Show,
Advisor
Next Journey – Machine Intelligence/AI
online class/online community/Advisor
Stanford CSP
Instructor
CEO, IoT
Disruptions
2000 2008 2014 2016
6. 1. Surround Yourself by
People smarter than you –
Again and Again and Again
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2. Set Your Energy to
Happiness Mode .
Always!
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8. 3. Don’t let their view of
you become your view of
yourself – Colin Powell
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9. Don’t find a Job.
Let the Job find You.
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1. Surround Yourself by People smarter
than you – Again and Again and Again
Find people who
believe in you
Contribute online
– Github, Medium
MOOC forums,
stackoverfow,
Find your Tribe
- Join/make a
Meetup,
Hackathons,
Periscope,
LinkedIn
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11. 2. Set Your Energy to Happiness
Mode . Always
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Watch your
energy and do
one thing you
enjoy.
Say Thank You
and help
unconditionally
Fail and Brag
About it. Then Get
Up.
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12. 3. Don’t let their view of you become
your view of yourself – Colin Powell
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Stay on Edge of
Learning. Ask
dumb Questions.
Find your
Uncomfortable
zone
Turn your limit to
your advantage
13. •Github, Eclipse (open source channels) – TensorFlow, H20
•Stackoverflow
•Moocs – Coursera, Edx.org, Udacity, Udemy, Khan Academy,
CodeAcademy
•Wikipedia
•Slack groups
•Social media – Twitter, Facebook, linked Groups
•Blog on Medium, LinkedIn Pulse
•Share knowledge and events – Periscope, YouTube Live
•Meetup.com
•Silicon Valley CodeCamp (Oct 1-2)
•Online Hackathons/Contests/ Google Summer of Code …
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RESOURCES
Find people who believe in you – Teachers, Friends, Parents, Tribe of same interest
Join a Meetup. Make a Meetup.
Attend DevCamps and Hackathons
Join a Tech Community of your passions. Change till you find your passion.
Contribute on Github
Respond on StackOverflow and Online Mooc forums
Dream, Brainstorm and Make the Future
Create your presence on Social Media to attract smart people – Medium, LinkedIn, Twitter, Periscope
Watch your energy – find balance with something that makes you happy.
Say Thank You. Everyday.
Help Unconditionally.
Form Networks when you don’t need them.
Dream. Be Bold to Share your Dream.
Fail and brag about. Think what is the lesson you can help another person from avoiding that failure. Eg. My Blog coolastory.com, Glassdoor, Yelp
Fall, but don’t stay down. Learn to make Fabulous comeback.
Stay on edge of learning. Feel like an Idiot and ask Dumb questions.
Find your uncomfortable zone. Master it.
- Public speaking, writing, tweeting, dancing, coding in a new language, reaching out to strangers asking for help, what is yours?
If someone rejects you, they’ll not remember you, you will remember them only if you let yourself.
Turn your disadvantage to a unique differentiator
Limited by need for Visa/Location/Money? – Don’t forget to keep your energy and keep learning during the navigation to the end of the tunnel.