This slide deck is from the Summer of Tech talk about ICT careers in Wellington, New Zealand. John Clegg talks about the Summer of Tech Programme and provides some tips on how to build a meaning career in IT.

1. Who wants a
Career in IT ?
John Clegg - ProjectX + Summer of Tech
Victoria University 11th May 2010
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2. Today
Summer of Tech 2010 Who wants a Career in IT?
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3. What is Summer of Tech ?
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4. Summer of Tech
non-profit internship programme
connecting smart students with
Wellington ICT companies
(Was Summer of Code now only bigger and better)
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5. 110 students
in over
50 companies
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6. 2 out of 3
students get
on hired
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7. We’re now got 4 pathways
to help you find a job
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12. What’s in it for you ?
Get free training - Bootcamps, Seminars and Workshops
Get experience - 400+ hours of ICT experience
Get paid - $18 p/h
Create networks with Industry - UP, NZCS
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13. Lots of great companies
have been involved
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14. Boot
camps
• Resumes workshop
• Communication skills /
interview practice
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15. Boot
camps
• Languages - .net / php / rails
• Web / HTML / CSS
• Unit Testing / Code Management
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16. We are holding a master-class hackfest
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17. It starts now!
Sign up on Summer of Tech 2010
Bootcamps start on thursday!
www.summeroftech.co.nz
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19. Its not going to be so easy...
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20. There are limited numbers...
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21. You’re going to need to step-up....
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22. ...and participate
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23. Or you’re out!
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24. Because we have people waiting...
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25. There is a reward
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26. Who wants an IT Career?
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27. JOHN CLEGG
VUW Undergraduate & MBA
C+ Average
Career didn’t follow a plan
Spent time working in USA, OZ,
UK, India, South Africa and NZ
Been involved in starting two
companies
WHO AM I ?
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28. STATE OF THE NATION
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29. What is the state
of the Job Market
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30. Times are tough
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32. What does this meaning in NZ ?
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33. 140,000 unemployed - 6%
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34. There are less jobs
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35. Employers are being more picky...
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36. Employers want people with
more experience
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37. Employers are not hiring for the bench
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39. Summer of Tech to the rescue
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40. We talked to over 30
companies about hiring
including...
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41. What do companies
look for in a graduate ?
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42. I asked
one
important
question
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43. What they
look for in
a graduate?
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44. The answers surprised me
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45. We hire on personality
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46. We hire on team fit
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47. Tech skills are a given
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48. They want more to see
track record
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51. We need a new plan
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52. “Anybody with even routine skills
could get a job as a programmer.
That isn't true anymore.”
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53. “The future no longer belongs to
people who can reason with
computer-like logic, speed, and
precision.”
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54. Every career starts with the first
step down a long road
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55. 5 things to think about in your career
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56. #1 #1 Who are you?
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57. We see a lot of resumes
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58. Problem is....
Only 30% percent of your
resumes are any good
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59. What are you all about ?
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60. School is about making
you the same
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61. Employers don’t
want robots
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62. What makes you
different?
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63. We want to know
what you’re good at
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64. Its about
Self awareness
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65. What are your
strengths ?
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66. What are you
good at?
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67. Look at what your good at
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68. Find mastery
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69. It takes 100 hours
to learn a skill
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70. But 10,000 hours
to master...
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71. Lesson #1
Work on your strengths
Work around your
weaknesses
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72. #2 “What is your passion in
IT?”
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73. Tell us more about yourself
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74. There are plenty of things that
suck about computers
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75. What do you like about
computers?
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76. What do you like about
programming?
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77. Lesson #2
Tell us why you want to
work in ICT
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78. #3 Curiosity
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79. IT has lots of problems
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80. We need people to hunt
them down
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81. Figure out what’s wrong
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82. Build Solutions
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83. Lesson #3
Be curious
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84. #4 Learning
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85. “By nature men are pretty much
alike; it is learning and practice
that set them apart.”
Confucius
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86. "Learning is like rowing upstream:
not to advance is to drop back."
-- Chinese proverb
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87. How do you
learn ?
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88. By Osmosis?
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89. Visual ?
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90. Aural ?
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91. Kinetic ?
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92. Or by Osmosis?
Mindmaps ?
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93. Lesson #4
Figure out how you learn
Check out NLP
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94. #5 Getting things done
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95. When do you
work best?
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96. You learn differently at
different times of the day
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97. In the end its about outputs
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98. Its about hitting targets
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99. Formula for success:
Under promise
Over deliver
- Tom Peters
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100. Lesson #5
Focus on getting things
done
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101. Summary
1. Show us your strengths
2. Tell us why you want to work in ICT
3. Be more curious
4. Figure out how you learn
5. Focus on getting things done
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102. Some tips for
journey
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103. #1 Its not about “you”
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104. Its about what you can do for
your company
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105. Build a track record of
successful projects
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106. Your career is like
snakes and ladders
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107. Build friends and allies
for your career journey
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108. Tip #1 Kick ass for your
company and its clients
Build your own ‘brand’
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109. #2 Your career starts now
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110. Be ontime
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111. Be honest &
honour promises
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112. Improve your
communication skills
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113. Technical Writing
becomes important
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114. Be careful what
you say on line
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115. Your attitude is important
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116. Keep your emotions in check
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117. If you act in a Passive Aggressive
way, Employers SEE a little kid
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118. Your attitude is important
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119. #3 Find a mentor/s
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120. Find role models
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121. There are plenty people of
who to help...
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122. Where to go for
help?
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123. Talk to people can help
Andy Linton
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124. Visit them at 14 Kelburn Parade
Wellington
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/careers/
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125. Go to industry network events
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126. Books
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127. More books
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128. Questions
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129. Resume seminar Thursday
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130. Links
Networking organisations
- Unlimited Potential - http://www.up.org.nz
- Super Happy Dev House
- http://superhappydevhouse.org.nz/
Summer of Tech
- http://www.summeroftech.co.nz
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