Software Engineering as a Career

Presented on 31 Oct 2015 at Startup Career Day organised by AlphaCamp.

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1. Software Engineering as a Career Winston Teo winston@jollygoodcode.com
2. Organised By
3. Winston @winstonyw
5. SG Ruby Group http://ruby.sg
6. RedDotRubyConf http://www.reddotrubyconf.com/
7. My Story
9. 2002 National University of Singapore School of Computing
10. 2002 National University of Singapore School of Computing 2006 IBM Singapore DBA @ Singapore Airlines
11. 2002 National University of Singapore School of Computing 2006 IBM Singapore DBA @ Singapore Airlines 2008 Wego.com Web Ninja, Product Manager
12. 2002 National University of Singapore School of Computing 2006 IBM Singapore DBA @ Singapore Airlines 2008 Wego.com Web Ninja, Product Manager 2011 Pivotal Labs Software Engineer
13. 2008 Wego.com Web Ninja, Product Manager 2011 Pivotal Labs Software Engineer 2014 Jolly Good Code Founder, Engineer
14. Software Engineers are …
15. Modern Craftsmen
16. Software Engineers can build …
41. How do Software Engineers build all that?
42. CODE
43. A LOT
44. Collaborate in a Team Analyse Requirements Design Systems and Architecture Write Documentation RTFM Devops Testing Analyse Metrics
45. CREATE VALUE
47. Why become a Software Engineer?
48. YOU HAVE PASSION
49. TALENT YOU HAVE
50. OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE
51. MONEY THERE IS
52. – Wong Meng Weng, JFDI (http://www.jfdi.asia/rtfm/hr)
 $2,500–3,000 for a fresh poly or uni grad (after NS for males), but with some coding experience, perhaps from contributing to open source projects or freelance/hobbyist coding. No experience? $2,000 for poly and $2,300 for uni, but you’d have to ask how they managed to get a degree in CS/CE if they didn’t actually enjoy coding. Big red flag. Good luck training them. For a senior developer, you might pay $8,000–$12,000 and up. You’re competing with employers around the world, not just in Singapore.
54. What Skills Do I Need To LEARN to Be A Software Engineer?
55. Full Stack Engineer FrontEnd Engineer BackEnd Engineer DevOps Engineer
56. Full Stack Engineer FrontEnd Engineer BackEnd Engineer DevOps Engineer HTML CSS JavaScript Ruby Python Go Elixir Java C++ Server Database Docker Ansible
69. Can I Really Be A Software Engineer?
70. YOU ARE ANALYTICAL
71. YOU ARE Creative
72. YOU ARE pragmatic
73. YOU ARE Adaptable
74. YOU ARE ATTENTIVE TO DETAILS
75. YOU ARE disciplined
76. YOU LIKE learning
77. YOU CAN COMMUNICATE WELL
78. YOU ARE A Problem Solver
79. YOU ARE A Team Player
80. YOU GTD
81. YOU LOVE TO CREATE VALUE
82. Software Engineer In REAL LIFE
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84. THANK YOU
85. Q & A