or “Why a career in IT is good!”01/09/2015

Calling the next Elon Musk…

• Billionaire, philanthropist and one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time

• The founder of SpaceX and a cofounder of Zip2, PayPal, and Tesla Motors

• Self-taught computer programmer at age 12

• Bachelor of Science (IT major)

• Age = 44

• Net worth = $13.6 Bil ($200m+ by age 29)

Who is Elon Musk?

A vision of the future…

•Options abound both locally, nationally and internationally

•Travel options for those that want it•Many and varied roles and responsibilities• It’s not even work!•Recent experience in

Silicon Valley

Unicorns

• 4 unicorns in March 2013

• 81 earlier this year

• Welcome the age of the deca-unicorn…

? ?Market Cap: Ford Google (x6)

A little about me•Engineering background•Learnt to code on a commodore 64 when I was 13•Founded / co-founded four businesses prior to current projects•Now CEO of Sky and investor in six tech

businesses•Travel monthly to the UK, Europe, US

and Asia•Sold Sky Software in 2014 for $22m

Which leads me to Sky Software!

•Headcount of 83 (~60 staff / ~20 contractors)•Geelong focus•Business analysts, tech analysts, tech architects,

subject matter experts, project managers, coders, sales specialists, support analysts, management

•Avg wage ~$75k•Travel, travel, travel!•Flexible hours + virtual working

Do what you were doing before I walked in…

•Business analysts: analyse business needs, conduct workshops, meet with customers, write specs

•Tech architects: blueprint tech infrastructure and layout, technical vision and roadmap, big-picture

•Project Managers: plan and oversee projects,organise deliverables, engage with customers

What does the Future look like?

•15,000 software engineering jobs in Silicon Valley

•Startup activity at levels not seen before, including the dotcom era

• Jobs growth up to 20% by 2018 in Aus (Seek Jobs survey 2015)

•Coders – focus on .Net / RoR / PHP / mobile / etc

Where do you want to be?