Big Day In - Presentation to 500 Teenagers about careers in tech

This is my presentation for the Big Day In event in Melbourne, Australia at RMIT. The event was on 29th of May 2014. More info is here: http://www.acsfoundation.com.au/bdi/index.cfm?page=melbourne

Link to The Startup Kids documentary trailer: https://vimeo.com/50134267

Transcript

1. Making Stuff Is Fun it is a chance to Create Your future
2. @tammybutow
12. SECRETS TO A CAREER IN TECH
13. 1 IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE
14. Picture yourself five or ten years down the road as you would ideally like to be. What are your aspirations? Your dreams? What do you hope to accomplish?
15. 2 SET SMART GOALS
16. DON’T SAY: "to sail around the world" DO SAY: "To have completed my trip around the world by December 31, 2015."
17. 3 START MAKING STUFF TODAY, IT’S FUN!
19. 4 TAKE RISKS...... IT’S OK TO FAIL
21. 5 ORGANISE OR GO TO A HACKATHON
23. 6 PITCH YOUR IDEA
25. 7 LAUNCH A STARTUP THIS YEAR
27. 8 THINK GLOBAL
29. QUESTIONS?