Finding Your Career in Tech

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Careers in Tech

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Careers Within An Engineering Organization • Design: UI Designer, Visual Designer, Interaction Designer, Product Designer, UX Researcher, UX Designer • Development: Front-End Developer, UI Developer, Back- End Developer, Full-Stack Developer, Software Engineer, Data Engineer, DevOps, Mobile Developer, Data Scientist • Quality Assurance: QA Engineer, QA Analyst • Product: Product Manager, Technical Writer • Recruiting: Technical Recruiter

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What Does This Mean For You? Know what you want!

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Exercise Time

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Your Dream Job

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Your First Tech Job May Not Be Your Dream Job • What will you be aiming for with second tech job? • According to a White House report, 60% of millennials will spend one year or less at a job, on average. • So, where do you want to get to?

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Your Dream Job Who are you?

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Who Are You? • 15-second “elevator pitch” & 3-minute pitch • What are your strengths? • What is your background? • What can you do?

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Your Dream Job Who are you? Your past jobs:

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Your Work History is Important • The average 25-year-old has already worked 6.3 jobs according to a recent study by the Labor Department. • Think about 3 jobs (i.e. ﬁrst, best, worst): 1. How did you get those jobs? 2. What did you like? What wasn’t so great? 3. What did you accomplish?

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Your Dream Job Who are you? Your past jobs: 3 non-negotiables:

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source: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

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Diversity in Tech • Is diversity important to you? • Network engineer: 92.7 % male • Data analyst: 53.8 % male

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Your Dream Job Who are you? Your past jobs: 3 non-negotiables: Skills:

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Skills • What are you learning now? • What do you still need to learn? • Non-tech skills • leadership • entrepreneurial skills • mentoring, volunteering

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Top Tech Skills Required for Entry-Level Jobs • Jobs that require 1-2 years of experience and don’t mention a formal degree as a requirement • 231 jobs analyzed • Data source: Indeed.com • Date: July 25, 2014 • Infographic source: TalentBuddy.com

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Next Step: Getting a Job

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Your Dream Job Who are you? Your past jobs: 3 non-negotiables: Skills:

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Getting a Job Is a Job • As a general rule: • 10-20 cold calls = interviews • 7-10 interviews = job • Data source: indeed.com

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Interviewing • Be ready with your pitch. • Repeat your key strengths 3x. • Prepare 5+ success stories. • Research the company, product line, and competitors. • Keep an interview journal of the questions asked.

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Let’s Recap • A job is not a career. • Plan out a career. • You will be looking for several jobs over the next 20-30 years. • Know what you want.

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Caterina Paun @caterinasworld Thank you!