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Sneak Peak Inside The Software Industry

Sneak Peak Inside The Software Industry. Ashutosh Ambekar. What this talk is about…. Software industry What is software? Types of software Different career opportunities in Software industry What do we look for during recruitment? Typical career graph of a software professional

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Sneak Peak Inside The Software Industry

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  1. Sneak Peak Inside The Software Industry Ashutosh Ambekar

  2. What this talk is about… • Software industry • What is software? • Types of software • Different career opportunities in Software industry • What do we look for during recruitment? • Typical career graph of a software professional • How do we evaluate our workforce? • How do you get there? + Few sermons 

  3. Software industry • Software is nothing but set of instructions given to a computer • Why is it so popular now a days? • Types • Operating systems • Databases • Application software • Career opportunities • Software development • Software testing • Documentation • Graphic designers • Lawyers • MBAs • Domain experts in life sciences, finance and other sectors …

  4. What do we look for in recruitment? • 12 + 4 ( + 2) marks and consistent performance for short listing • Written tests covering computer science fundamentals and programming acumen • Some companies also check your English written communication (and it helps!) • Whether the candidate has done any projects out of interest • Team player

  5. Typical career graph of a Software Professional

  6. How do we evaluate our workforce? • KRAs (Key Result Areas) and Competency • Performance records • Regular appraisals (monthly/quarterly/half-yearly/annually) • Bands • Salary and progression depend on regular evaluation outcome

  7. How do we evaluate our workforce?

  8. How do you get there? • Do you really like programming? • Programming is an art… • Can we learn chess/painting/piano in three days ??? • Start molding yourself to be a good programmer • Logic • Puzzles • Mathematics • Visualization • Good English!! And any other foreign language • Start learning programming languages • Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/) • 12 + 4 ( + 2) helps to get a decent starting job

  9. How do you get there? contd.. • Researchers (Bloom (1985), Bryan & Harter (1899), Hayes (1989), Simmon & Chase (1973)) have shown it takes about ten years to develop expertise in any of a wide variety of areas, including chess playing, music composition, telegraph operation, painting, piano playing, swimming, tennis, and research in neuropsychology and topology. The key is deliberative practice: not just doing it again and again, but challenging yourself with a task that is just beyond your current ability, trying it, analyzing your performance while and after doing it, and correcting any mistakes. Then repeat. And repeat again.

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