A Career in Software Engineering - STEM Ambassador Talk

A talk about my career as a software engineer, what my day job looks like building iOS apps, and how you can get involved in building software yourself.

This talk was prepared for the the Glossopdale School for their British Science Week. I have also presented it for Wright Robinson College Manchester, and Leeds City Academy.

Youtube video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEp_EXAuH_4

Transcript

1. © AND Digital 2022 1 A Career in Software Engineering Luke Stringer
2. I’m Luke Stringer ! I’m a Lead Mobile Engineer at AND Digital I build software for mobile devices iOS Android Today I’ll cover: • What is Software Engineering • How I got to where I am now • How I build apps • Why I love it! • How you can get involved
3. What is Engineering? Engineering is the use of science and maths to design or make things. People who do engineering are called engineers.
4. What is Engineering? Engineering is the use of science and maths to design or make things. People who do engineering are called engineers. " Civil # M echanical $ Aerospace % Electrical & Chem ical ' Bio
5. What is Engineering? Engineering is the use of science and maths to design or make things. People who do engineering are called engineers. ( ) * + Software Engineering
6. What is Software Engineering? Software Engineers build, design, and test programs for computers. They create websites, desktops programs, mobile apps, games… ( ) * +
7. Why I became Software Engineer Science S Technology Engineering Mathematics T E M
8. Why I became Software Engineer Science S Technology Engineering Mathematics T E M
9. Why I became Software Engineer Science S Technology Engineering Mathematics T E M
10. How I became a Software Engineer , Science Technology Maths ICT School GCSEs 2001
11. How I became a Software Engineer , Science Technology Maths ICT School GCSEs 2001 - College A-Levels Maths Further Maths Physics ICT 2006
12. How I became a Software Engineer , Science Technology Maths ICT School GCSEs 2001 - College A-Levels Maths Further Maths Physics ICT 2006 . University of Sheffield Masters Degree Software Engineering Programming Algorithms Testing User Interface Design Team Work 2008
13. How I became a Software Engineer , Science Technology Maths ICT School GCSEs 2001 - College A-Levels Maths Further Maths Physics ICT 2006 . University of Sheffield Masters Degree Software Engineering Programming Algorithms Testing User Interface Design Team Work 2008 / Graduation 2012
14. What do Software Engineers do? They write code in a programming language. This is called programming.
15. What do Software Engineers do? They write code in a programming language. This is called programming. There are lots of different programming languages!
16. A programming language is like a tool in a toolbox. You need to understand what you are building and choose the right tool for the job. 0 1 2 What do Software Engineers do?
17. A programming language is like a tool in a toolbox. You need to understand what you are building and choose the right tool for the job. 0 1 I build Mobile Apps for iPhones and iPads. I use the Swift Programming Language. 3 2 What do Software Engineers do?
18. “Touch” your own programs Get to keep up with new technology Why Build Mobile Apps?
19. Why Build Mobile Apps? It’s challenging, rewarding, and really fun!
20. How do you Build an App? Screen Design
21. Break the Problem into Chunks Screen Design
22. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Buttons for navigation
23. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Buttons for graph actions
24. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Options for graph Kind of graph Share graph
25. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Graph of data
26. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Y-axis labels
27. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Coloured bars
28. Screen Design Break the Problem into Chunks Coloured bars Y-axis labels Graph of data Options for graph Kind of graph Share graph Buttons for navigation
29. Screen Design Write Swift Code for each Chunk Coloured bars Y-axis labels Graph of data Options for graph Kind of graph Share graph Buttons for navigation
30. Run and Test your Code Coloured bars Y-axis labels Graph of data Options for graph Kind of graph Share graph Buttons for navigation
31. Release it on the App Store 4
32. How to get Involved , School GCSEs - . University Degree 5 Software Engineer College A-Levels T-Levels
33. How to get Involved , School GCSEs - College A-Levels T-Levels . University Degree . On the Job Digital Apprenticeship 5 Software Engineer
34. How to get Involved Go to the freecodecamp.org website
35. How to get Involved Search for “Swift Playgrounds” on the iOS App Store
36. How to get Involved Go to the codeclub.org website
37. © AND Digital 2022 Out Over 30