Or

“What I Wish Someone Had Told Me 15 Years Ago”

Building a Career as aSuccessful Software

Developer

Nolan Zak- 31, Grew Up in Vernon BC- Attended Okanagan College, bridged to Uvic- Have worked for myself, and at small and

large companies both private and government.

- Application Architect at BC Assessment Authority

- President Of Victoria .NET Developers Association

Who Am I

I.T. As A Career Choice

Tips For Success

Important Skills

Succeeding at Work

Action Plan

Q & A

Topics

Be A Quitter

Don’t Try So Hard

Get a Life

Make Others Successful

Tips For Success

Be A Quitter

Winners never quit, and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit

are *%!#ing idiots

The Dip

This is wheremost peopleend up

This is where you decide toquit or become an expert

Passion Ability

Choosing the Right Career Path

Solid Career Choice

Failure

• Simulators & Video Games• Bioinformatics• 3D Animation• Entrepreneur• Medical Modeling• Digital Film Production• Website Design• Data Warehouse• Trainer• Biometric Facial Recognition

Lots Of Options

• Artificial Intelligence• System Design• Network Architecture• Software Engineering• Human-Computer

Interaction (HCI)• Medical Devices• Genome Mapping

Don’t Try So Hard

When you try to replace skill with effort,

there’s no limit to what you cannot do

Programmer Effectiveness

Get A Life

Make Others Successful

People & Communication Skills

Delivering Value

Networking

Important Skills

People & Communication Skills

Delivering Value

Networking

Succeeding at Work

Career Options

Getting a Job

What To Look For

Dealing With Politics

Life After Software Development

Contract Work / Freelance Find work yourself Use a headhunter

Entrepreneur Start a business Products vs services

Continue Academia Degree, Masters, PhD Research & Teaching

Career Options

Getting A Job

OpportunityOpportunityOpportunity

What To Look For

Dealing With Politics

• Business Analyst• Project Manager• User Experience Expert• Architect• Consultant• Writer• Evangelist• Community Manager• Management **

Life After Software Development

Resources

Public Relations

Resume

Action Plan

Resources

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Public Relations

Resume

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www.twitter.com/nolanzak

- 10 to 12 cents per hour- Bomb shelter stability- Public IP (Internet visible)- Preconfigured machines- Scaling, monitoring, load balancing

Come Work With Me