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Career Opportunities for MS

Career Opportunities for MS. Vasanthi Holtcamp, Microsoft Rebecca Schultz, Google. Vasanthi’s Background. Group Program Manager in TV Services division of MSN at Microsoft Master's degree in Mathematics Second Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago

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Career Opportunities for MS

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  1. Career Opportunities for MS Vasanthi Holtcamp, Microsoft Rebecca Schultz, Google

  2. Vasanthi’s Background • Group Program Manager in TV Services division of MSN at Microsoft • Master's degree in Mathematics • Second Master's degree in Computer Science at the University ofIllinois at Chicago • Teaching assistant while in graduate school • Stint as research associate at Argonne National Labs in Chicago. • 18 years of experience in the software industry writing software code and later managing development organizations. • Management positions at: PriceWaterhouse, Informix, Macromedia, Microsoft • Mother of 2 children – 15 & 11

  3. Rebecca’s Background • BS Computer Engineering from Brown University, ‘02 • MS Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, ‘04 • Spent one additional year at Stanford researching supercomputer architectures and contemplating a PhD • Joined Google in September of ‘05

  4. Work Experience: Rebecca • Performance Engineer in Google’s Platforms Group • 5 internships • Lucent • Microsoft (twice) • Network Appliance • NVIDIA

  5. Women in Engineering – Career Ops • Test Engineer • Dev. Engineer • UI engineer • User Interface designer • Product Manager • Program Manager • Development Manager • Researcher

  6. Breaking the mold • Breaking not technically passionate stereotype • Asking about number of women at a company and in management rolls • Evaluate the feel of the corporate culture • Don't be afraid to ask questions, you are evaluating the company too

  7. What to do now • Find a Mentor • Provide useful perspective • Get an internship • Try out a corporate culture, job type, industry • Complete a project • Will make you a more interesting candidate

  8. Find a Mentor • Look for a person you feel comfortable with • Internship mentor, manager • Friend or relative in a hiring position at a company of choice. • Use mentoring organization (CRA-W, Mentornet, etc)

  9. Get an Internship • Use university recruiting, job fairs • Start looking early, some companies will take sophomores • Take a summer or campus job doing related work for a small, local company

  10. Internship Experiences • Try out a corporate culture, job role, company size, industry, manager, group... • Find potential mentors or networking contacts

  11. Complete a project • Interviewers will look for completed projects • Work with local non-profit or such to get a project • Sign-up with advisor for project • Do research and write a white paper on a subject of interest • Get a website with your projects, credentials and blog about what you are passionate about.

  12. Finding Industry Jobs • Plug into university on campus recruiting • Make contact with HR departments within companies of choice and get your resume into the right hands • Network with friends, colleagues in industry • Early startups with high risk are good avenues to get larger areas of responsibility • Interview skills are very important. • Demonstrate good communication skills in addition to technical savvy

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