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Senior Projects

Senior Projects. Meeting 13 September 23, 2009. For Fun. Analyze and provide feedback for a game that teaches about functions (as in C) Determine whether the Pyramids (one of the 111 wonders of the ancient world) have equilateral triangles for faces. What You’ve Learned.

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Senior Projects

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  1. Senior Projects Meeting 13 September 23, 2009

  2. For Fun • Analyze and provide feedback for a game that teaches about functions (as in C) • Determine whether the Pyramids (one of the 111 wonders of the ancient world) have equilateral triangles for faces.

  3. What You’ve Learned From the project (so far) • Vince • Tom • Tara • Mike • Kristin S • Kristin R • Jim • AJ

  4. What You’ve Learned In general • Simulation • Modeling • Parallel computation • Internet software development • Web 2.0 applications • Social networking technologies

  5. What You Should Have Learned • Business realities • Typical beginning salaries by business sector • Formalized roadmap of technical skills for various IT career paths • Structure of typical work day • Awareness of IT professional associations • Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) • Society for Information Management (SIM)

  6. More Should Haves • Correct technology • IT tools • Programming languages • Technology platforms • Awareness of cultural differences • Historical perspective • Common business practices • Time zone effects

  7. Yet More • Understanding interpersonal signals • Communicating in a multigenerational workplace • Tension between experience and new ideas

  8. And more • Matching strengths to career path • E.g., strong in math leads to business intelligence or data analytics • Work in financial systems needs foundation in • Process flows • Change management • Chart of account conversions • Project accounting

  9. Next Week • Class meets Monday for software development review • No class meeting Wednesday. Teams meet and proceed with project. • No class meeting Friday. More time for team meetings.

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