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#GOTOAar Career Advice for Programmers Trisha Gee, Java Driver Developer @trisha_gee Wednesday, 2 October 13

About Me 1998 - 2000 Undergraduate placement at Ford 2001 Graduated 2001 - 2002 Web Engineer @ Not for profit organisation 2002 - 2004 Analyst Developer @ Ford Motor Company 2004 - 2005 Java / Web Developer @ Web analytics firm 2005 Business Engineer @ Credit card company 2006 - 2008 Principal Consultant @ Evolution / Detica (FS) 2008 Java Developer @ well known media firm 2009 - 2012 Java Developer @ LMAX financial exchange 2011 Principal Consultant @ ThoughtWorks 2012... Java Developer / Evangelist @ MongoDB Inc Wednesday, 2 October 13

What about you? Wednesday, 2 October 13

Choose your own adventure • Investing • Staying Put • Moving On • • • What do you Visibility (pt 1) Visibility (pt 2) • • want? Getting what you Finding your • Getting Started want perfect match • • • Staying Technical Getting promoted CVs / resumes • • • Switching Roles Salary negotiation Interviews • • • Skills When to leave? Salary negotiation • • Staying ahead of Acceptance • the curve What could • What about... possibly go wrong? Wednesday, 2 October 13

What did I miss? Wednesday, 2 October 13

Investing in You Wednesday, 2 October 13

What do you want? Wednesday, 2 October 13

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What do you want? Wednesday, 2 October 13

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Getting Started • Internships / sponsorship • Third year project • Pet projects / open source • Make your CV special • See: Moving On Wednesday, 2 October 13

Switching Roles Wednesday, 2 October 13

Staying Technical Wednesday, 2 October 13

Staying ahead of the curve Wednesday, 2 October 13

Staying ahead of the curve • StackOverflow • Google Reader. Oh, wait... • Use Twitter for Good • Mailing lists • Join a User Group • Book recommendations • http://is.gd/stayingAhead Wednesday, 2 October 13

Important Skills • Research Skills • Scientific Method • Asking Questions • Listening and Learning • Interpersonal Skills • English Wednesday, 2 October 13

What about...? • Relocation • Work / Life Balance • Being Different Wednesday, 2 October 13

Staying Put Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 1 Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 1 • In house extra-curricular activities Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 1 • In house extra-curricular activities • The Pub Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 1 • In house extra-curricular activities • The Pub • High visibility project Wednesday, 2 October 13

Getting what you want Wednesday, 2 October 13

Getting Promoted • See: Visibility Part 1 • Know the system • Keep records • Pick your friends wisely Wednesday, 2 October 13

Salary negotiation (Part 1) Wednesday, 2 October 13

When do you leave? Wednesday, 2 October 13

Moving On Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company • Publicly visible projects Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company • Publicly visible projects • Github / open source Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company • Publicly visible projects • Github / open source • Blogging Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company • Publicly visible projects • Github / open source • Blogging • User Groups Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company • Publicly visible projects • Github / open source • Blogging • User Groups • Conferences Wednesday, 2 October 13

Visibility part 2 • Work for a well known company • Publicly visible projects • Github / open source • Blogging • User Groups • Conferences • Write a book Wednesday, 2 October 13

Finding your perfect match • Job websites • Recruitment agents • Friends • User groups • Check out conferences • Stalk your heroes Wednesday, 2 October 13

Your CV / résumé • The reader is very busy • Stand out • You are more than a list of technologies Wednesday, 2 October 13

Your CV / résumé • The first page is the most important • Spelling, punctuation and grammar! • Exact guidance? “It depends” • Be specific • Cater for search engines • (But don’t pander to them) • http://is.gd/cvAdvice Wednesday, 2 October 13

Interviews • Do your homework • Interview them • Be yourself Wednesday, 2 October 13

Salary negotiation (Part 2) Wednesday, 2 October 13

Saying yes... Wednesday, 2 October 13

...or no Wednesday, 2 October 13

What’s the worst that could happen? Wednesday, 2 October 13

In Conclusion Wednesday, 2 October 13

1. Do Your Homework Wednesday, 2 October 13

2. Be Yourself Wednesday, 2 October 13

3. Do Not Be Afraid Wednesday, 2 October 13

4. It’s Up To You Wednesday, 2 October 13

#GOTOAar @trisha_gee Questions? Wednesday, 2 October 13

Resources • Conferences • User Groups • Books • Mentors • Blogs • Stack Overflow • Twitter Wednesday, 2 October 13

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