careers in the software industry north plainfield high school wednesday december 9 2015 fabrice j...
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Careers in the software industry
North Plainfield High SchoolWednesday December 9 2015Fabrice J Fonck
Bio• Professional
– Independent software globalization consultant;– Microsoft Corporation (1991-2011). Responsible for developer
documentation, world-readiness and all international releases of Developer Division products and technologies: Visual Studio, Visual Basic, C#, Expression, Silverlight, ASP.NET, MSDN,.NET FX, etc.
– Created Small Basic specifically for beginners!
• Educational– MBA Management Science and Information Systems – State
University of New York (1991)– BS in Business – IECS The Strasbourg Graduate School of
Management – France (1989)
• Personal– Born & grew up in France, moved to the US to attend graduate
school in 1989– Fluent in French, German and English– Family is always #1. Married with 3 children. – For fun, I enjoy flyfishing and travel
Why this industry?
• Jobs, jobs, jobs!– High pay + benefits– 2+ openings for every CS grad this year– By 2018, CS jobs 3x > # of applicants
• Forefront of technology & innovation• Broad range of applications
– Mobile & embedded (car, tv, etc.)– Desktop– Web– Cloud
• Rapid pace of change• Global reach• Flexibility• No suit & tie!
Jobs
• Program Manager– Feature PM: product specs– Release PM: schedule & milestones– Usability PM: user experience
• Software Development Engineer– Read product specifications– Write code to implement features
• Software Development Engineer in Test– Quality assurance: find the bugs– Automation and manual testing
• Localization Engineer– Product works worldwide
• Technical Writer– Write the product documentation– Write samples
Getting there…
• Passion for technology• Learning to write code
– HS CS classes: less than 5% offer AP CS in the US…
– Community College classes– On your own:
• MSDN: Beginner Developer Learning Center– Small Basic– Visual Studio Express
• edX universities• Khan Academy• Code.org
• Choose a CS major in college• Internships and events
– Imagine Cup
• Stand out!
Resources and contacts• www.msdn.microsoft.com
– Visual Studio Express
• Computer Science courses at edX• CS at Khan Academy• Commentary: U.S. kids need computer-science
education• Computer science grads fielding 'multiple job offers'• America’s Tech Talent Crunch• 10 hot computer science schools• Want a job? Get a computer science degree• 2015 KPCB Internet Trends Year-End Update• [email protected]
QUESTIONS?
