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
   

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2. Organised By
   

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3. Winston
   @winstonyw
   

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5. SG Ruby Group
   http://ruby.sg
   

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6. RedDotRubyConf
   http://www.reddotrubyconf.com/
   

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7. My Story
   

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9. 2002
   National University of Singapore
   School of Computing
   

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10. 2002
    National University of Singapore
    School of Computing
    2006
    IBM Singapore
    DBA @ Singapore Airlines
    

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11. 2002
    National University of Singapore
    School of Computing
    2006
    IBM Singapore
    DBA @ Singapore Airlines
    2008
    Wego.com
    Web Ninja, Product Manager
    

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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
    

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13. 2008
    Wego.com
    Web Ninja, Product Manager
    2011
    Pivotal Labs
    Software Engineer
    2014
    Jolly Good Code
    Founder, Engineer
    

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14. Software Engineers
    are …
    

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15. Modern Craftsmen
    

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16. Software Engineers
    can build …
    

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41. How do
    Software Engineers
    build all that?
    

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42. CODE
    

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43. A LOT
    

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44. Collaborate in a Team
    Analyse Requirements
    Design Systems and Architecture
    Write Documentation
    RTFM
    Devops
    Testing
    Analyse Metrics
    

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45. CREATE
    VALUE
    

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47. Why become a
    Software Engineer?
    

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48. YOU HAVE
    PASSION
    

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49. TALENT
    YOU HAVE
    

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50. OPPORTUNITIES
    THERE ARE
    

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51. MONEY
    THERE IS
    

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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.
    

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54. What Skills Do I Need
    To LEARN to Be A
    Software Engineer?
    

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55. Full Stack Engineer
    FrontEnd Engineer
    BackEnd Engineer
    DevOps Engineer
    

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56. Full Stack Engineer
    FrontEnd Engineer
    BackEnd Engineer
    DevOps Engineer
    HTML
    CSS
    JavaScript
    Ruby
    Python
    Go
    Elixir
    Java
    C++
    Server
    Database
    Docker
    Ansible
    

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69. Can I Really Be A
    Software Engineer?
    

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70. YOU ARE
    ANALYTICAL
    

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71. YOU ARE
    Creative
    

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72. YOU ARE
    pragmatic
    

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73. YOU ARE
    Adaptable
    

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74. YOU ARE
    ATTENTIVE
    TO DETAILS
    

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75. YOU ARE
    disciplined
    

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76. YOU LIKE
    learning
    

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77. YOU CAN
    COMMUNICATE
    WELL
    

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78. YOU ARE A
    Problem
    Solver
    

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79. YOU ARE A
    Team Player
    

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80. YOU
    GTD
    

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81. YOU LOVE TO
    CREATE VALUE
    

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82. Software Engineer
    In REAL LIFE
    

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    Credits
    

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84. THANK YOU
    

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85. Q & A
    

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