Nurturing a career as a Software Engineer

This talk is about tips and tricks to be a more attractive candidate for employment in the software industry as a computer science student.

Transcript

1. Nurturing a career as a Software Engineer César López-Natarén cesarn@mindtouch.com 2015
3. Introduction
4. • Senior Software Lead @ MindTouch Inc. • Free Software / Open Source contributor • Curious person
5. Happy hacker (who likes funky rugs)
6. I will be talking about 1. Mastery 2. Operations
7. Mastery
8. “I think we're responsible for stretching computers, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun.” Alan J. Perlis
9. How do I gain mastery in CS?
10. Choose a topic Identify a CS topic that excites you
11. Explore Write programs that deal with such ideas
12. Share, discuss & compare your work and the work of others
13. Keep it fun
14. Repeat
15. – Mr Miyagi “Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important”
16. Operations
17. What?
18. Personal professional management
20. Dominate your CS fundamentals
21. Seek challenge and possibilities
22. Create a good resume
23. Keep a portfolio of your work online
24. Contribute to Open Source projects
25. Be yourself
26. Choose who you want
 to work with
27. That is it.
28. Thanks
29. Questions?
30. MindTouch is hiring!
31. Resources • Wizard book (Structure and interpretation of computer programs) • Anything by Alan Kay • Anything by Edsger W. Dijkstra