Things to do @B.Tech

This is a presentation for students who are pursuing their Under Graduate. I have presented my experience and ideas that they can look up while studying B.Tech (Information Technology). Most of the information might seem trivial yet so important.

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1. Things to do @B.Tech Rabi C Shah, Frontend Engineer co-founder @chapiapp.com
2. - Co-Founder @chapiapp http://chapiapp.com Bangalore based Startup - Senior Software Developer @Baxi - Bike Taki http://baxi.taxi India’s first on-demand motorcycle taxi company - Project Manager @bookmyshow.com http://bookmyshow.com Ticket company - Web Hacker @minsh.com https://minsh.com/ Community Engagement App Founded by two Swiss person Graduated from Indian Institute of Information Technology Intermediate of Science (ISc) from St.Xavier’s College, Maitighar
3. Re-visiting B.Tech @IIIT-A - http://fortystones.com A blogging platform on Open Source & Technology. Monthly views of 50K - https://rabishah.github.io/nepali-unicode/ A transliterate application to Devanagari Script Fortystones lab contribution
4. Re-visiting B.Tech @IIIT-A - Semantic Web in Medical Information System IJAET Journals 2012 - Graph Database Model for Querying, Searching and Updating ICSCA 2012. IPCSIT vol. 41 IACSIT Press. Singapore. Research Papers / Publications
5. It all started from here… Our final semester-long project turned out to be our company’s Main Product.
6. • Time is Precious. You will definitely fail if you don’t acquire skills in Information Technology, whether you are aiming for Further Studies or Jobs. • Be a part of Community. One of the ways to get information about happenings is from community. • Work Hard and Party Harder. We used to celebrate on every friday evening. Thank God Its Friday / TGIF • Participate in Hackathons. Things I learned from them
7. Hence, Minsh has many clients.
8. Community Learn & Participate • I used to organize and co-ordinate @BangaloreJS • @BangaloreJS is a Javascript community based in Bangalore • There are amazing groups in Kathmandu itself. • Kathmandu JS, Code for Nepal, Developers Nepal, FOSS Nepal, PHP Developers Nepal, Mozilla Nepal, Python Users Group Nepal … • For more information, checkout, https://github.com/developers- nepal/groups
9. A year and half later, I joined bookmyshow as a Project Manager
10. • Working in a Large Team. It’s totally different working alone vs working in a team vs working with a large team. My advice, Take Initiatives. • Communication Skills. You might say, I am good at coding. However, you still have to explain your code to your manager / audience / clients. • Learn to make good presentations (ppts). One good Arsenal at your disposal. https://guykawasaki.com/ the_102030_rule/ is a good reference. Things I learned in BookMyShow
11. Technology Get Ahead of Competition • Follow Newsletters. Techcrunch, Hacker News https:// news.ycombinator.com/, Quora, Reddit, medium.com … • Join Online Courses. Udacity, Udemy, Khan Academy, Facebook Developers, Google Developers. • Google Summer of Code. One of my regrets. You should definitely check it out. https://developers.google.com/ open-source/gsoc/
12. A year and three months later, I joined Baxi as a Senior Software Developer
13. We created a history by becoming India's 1st on- demand motorcycle taxi company!
14. • It’s all about Dedication & Sincerity. You might be as talented as Steve Wozniak. But lack of dedication & sincerity will lead you nowhere. • Learn the Art of Problem Solving. Writing a code for one liner problem will not make you a good coder. When your requirements resembles a booklet, then its a different ball game altogether. • Automate your Tasks. The best programmer that I’ve came across always automates their task, schedule and even emails. Things I learned in Baxi
15. Personal Projects are your edge in the Market “I have seen many resumes for job application with fancy extra curricular activities and good academics. I usually give extra considerations to the one with Personal Projects”
16. “In fact, a year and months later, I started my own company in Bangalore which is based on our personal project. It’s called Chapi - Save anything from Web” http://chapiapp.com
17. http://chapiapp.com
18. Work with your friends, don’t do everything yourself. घाँटी हेरी हाइनेक िकन्नु
19. Develop an attitude to listen & respect your seniors. जुन गोरु को िसं ह छैन त्एस्क ै नाम ितखे
20. Homeworks - Write a draft of your Resume. You will understand where you stand at the moment. - Learn Version Control. Github to be precise. It will be your friend throughout your career. - Discuss problems with your friends. Start a side project. - Contribute to Open Source. http://www.firsttimersonly.com/
21. What next? • Some of you might be planning for abroad studies, specifically in US. • Some of you might want to start something here in Kathmandu itself. In today's world of Globalization, you can earn money at home via Toptal.com. There are wonderful opportunities in Kathmandu itself, the market is up for the grabs. But the main thing is, start Building Your Profile.
22. –Steve Wozniak “My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers.”