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Today’s Class

Today’s Class. Industrial careers Summer internships Professional networking – if time premits Slides from: J. Cuny - NSF T. Whitney - Anita Borg Institute K. Fisher - AT&T J. Weber - University of Michigan J. Ordille - Avaya Labs Research Grad student panel on internships

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Today’s Class

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  1. Today’s Class • Industrial careers • Summer internships • Professional networking – if time premits • Slides from: • J. Cuny - NSF • T. Whitney - Anita Borg Institute • K. Fisher - AT&T • J. Weber - University of Michigan • J. Ordille - Avaya Labs Research • Grad student panel on internships • Professor Swany research talk

  2. Industrial Careers • Tremendous variety • Pure research • Applied Research • Development • Key: you must contribute to the company

  3. Advantages/Disadvantages(compared with academia) • Access to real world problems and data • Perhaps restricted from publishing (proprietary work) • You have a boss (to get direction from, to answer to) • Less variety • Fewer conflicting/competing responsibilities • No students, no teaching (usually) • Higher salary ?? • Easier to accommodate two body situations • No tenure process • Exposure to economic uncertainties

  4. What can I do in industry? Development Engineer Software Developer in Test Test Engineer Program Manager User Interface Designer Product Manager Lead and/or Manager of any discipline Researcher

  5. What is an internship? • Temporary (usually summer) position in industry • Recent CIS grad student internships: • Google • Oak Ridge National Labs • Telcordia • BBN • Alcatel-Lucent • San Diego Research Center • CISCO • Nokia, Finland • Centocor R & D • Microsoft • Deloitte & Touche • JP Morgan • HxTI • Quantum Leap Innovations • IBM Research - Yorktown Heights, USA Delhi, India • Internet2 • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  6. Internship goals - MS student • Possible goals • Obtaining marketable experience • Expanding knowledge and contacts • Having fun • Making money • Possible permanent job upon graduation • Things to target • Preferred subfield, e.g. communications, web applications, database applications • Preferred programming environment, e.g. java • Areas forming an experience base for later full-time applications

  7. Internship goals - PhD student • Possible goals • Working with an expert in your area • Rounding out experts advising on your thesis • Experiencing different research environments • Expanding knowledge and contacts • Having fun and making money • Providing credentials for later research positions • Things to target • Preferred research subfield, e.g. networking, testing, programming languages • Preferred working environment, e.g. government lab, communications company, software company • Consult with your research advisor

  8. Finding the Right Internship • Where are the best jobs? • Recommendations/suggestions from advisor/cohort/alumni • Departmental postings • Career fair • Online resources

  9. Applying for an Internship • Deadline: usually in January to March • Have resume/CV critiqued by: • Advisor, peers, Career center • Update your website • Practice answering technical questions • Review C++ or Java • Review algorithms & data structures • Talking it out, asking informed questions • Publications/projects

  10. Interviewing • Phone or in person • Relax; be yourself • Talk it out • Logical thinking/problem solving • Coding • Ask informed questions • Show motivation and interest • Interview them • Ask about a current project & potential intern projects • Follow up!

  11. Internship Panelists Yuanyuan Ding Roger Craig Jeremy Keffer

  12. Networking is … • Making professional connections and using them wisely • Systematically seeking out and becoming acquainted with people in the service of professional goals • Makes you known • Makes your work known • Source of new research ideas & different slants on old ideas • Feedback on your research • Can form new collaborations

  13. Who should you network with? • People who could give you good technical advice (people you cite) • Established researchers • Visitors to your department • Other students Everyone!

  14. Preparing to network • Prepare (write it down, practice) • “Elevator talk” (1-minute) • Why is it an interesting problem? • Why is it important? • Why is your solution unique? • Longer talk (3-minute) • Slant to different audiences (foreground/background)

  15. At the conference • Wear your badge visibly • Speak! (Don’t just stand there) • Use the dreaded microphone • Have discussions with speakers • If you’re the speaker, hang around after • Talk to the person sitting next to you

  16. At the Conference (cont.) • Make lunch/dinner plans • Participate in hall talk • Attend social activities • Get your friends/adviser to introduce you • Get people you’ve just met to introduce you; introduce them • Talk to people who come up to you

  17. At the Conference: Don’ts • Don’t hang around with your friends • Don’t interrupt heavy or private conversations • Don’t be overly negative/critical • Don’t hang on to a conversation too long • Don’t put too much stock in a single, short conversation • Don’t get discouraged

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