A Career in Software Engineering

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A C A R E E R I N S O F T WA R E E N G I N E E R I N G R E B E C C A F R A N K S

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Source: #WOCinTech

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It is not just code…

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Source: Google

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W H O A M I ? Rebecca Franks Android Engineering Lead at Dynamic Visual Technologies Google Developer Expert for Android and the Internet of Things

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W H AT D I D I S T U D Y ? • BSc (Hons) Information Technology in 2012 • 3 years to obtain BSc Information Technology • 1 year to obtain Honours in Information Technology

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I M P O R TA N T FA C T S • I didn’t do Computer Science in High School. • I arrived at University with no knowledge of programming. • I’m still learning every day.

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D AY T O D AY

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C O D I N G Source: #WOCinTech

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C O L L A B O R AT I O N Source: #WOCinTech

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P R O T O T Y P I N G

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Kenya USA Switzerland Germany P U B L I C S P E A K I N G

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W H Y D O I L O V E I T ?

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Y O U A R E N E V E R F I N I S H E D L E A R N I N G Source: #WOCinTech

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T H E D E V E L O P M E N T C O M M U N I T Y.

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B E I N G A B L E T O G I V E B A C K

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AT T E N D I N G E V E N T S

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C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S & I N T E R E S T S R E Q U I R E D • You love solving problems • You enjoy learning • Determined • Enthusiastic • Curious • Team player • Interested in Technology and building software that benefits people

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R E S O U R C E S F O R G E T T I N G S TA R T E D • Learn to Code: code.org • Code Academy: www.codecademy.com

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W H AT I D I D N ’ T K N O W B A C K T H E N • No one knows everything. • There are many different aspects to SE other than programming. • I would enjoy it so much and thrive in an environment that I battled with at first. • Team work and collaboration is one of the keys to building a successful product

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C A R E E R PAT H S I N S O F T WA R E Product Owner Test Analyst Business Analyst Software Engineer User Interface Designer User Experience Designer Source: #WOCinTech

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F I E L D S O F S O F T WA R E E N G I N E E R I N G Mobile (Android / iOS) Web (Chrome, Firefox etc) Internet of Things Operations (DevOps) Security Architecture Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Accessibility Cloud Database Game Programming

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M A N Y D I F F E R E N T L A N G U A G E S Java Swift Kotlin Erlang Typescript Go Javascript C# C++ Elm CoffeeScript Dart Python PHP

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P R O M O T I O N PAT H Every company is different Chief Technology Officer Team Lead Architect Intermediate Software Engineer Graduate Software Engineer Junior Software Engineer Engineering Manager Senior Software Engineer Tech Lead

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D I F F I C U LT I E S F O R W O M E N I N T E C H • It is a male dominated industry • The job is no different for women (ie you don’t need physical strength) • Women often perform A LOT better than men when studying IT. • Plenty of efforts to change the ratio - Google Women TechMakers, GirlCode, Women who code, Pyladies, Hackbright, PinkIT ZA

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Source: Google

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If I could go back in time and change my career, Would I?

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No. I love it.❤

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T H A N K Y O U Rebecca Franks Android Engineering Lead Google Developer Expert Twitter: @riggaroo hello@riggaroo.co.za