This talk is about how to use your bachelor to craft your tech career. I started with what I have done and some examples of where my friends have reached. Then I focused on things to consider for selecting and doing projects for technical subjects in bachelor study. After that I opened up the secrets of selecting a company and doing internship. To concluded I gave some tips on approaching the job market.

1. Things I wished I
knew while doing
my bachelor
- Geshan Manandhar
http://bit.ly/pc-bt

2. Geshan Manandhar
Quality and Maintenance Lead, Namshi.com
@geshan
geshan.com.np

3. Prime College +2, Find me in the photo :)

4. There I am. It's the first batch (2003)

5. BIM 2007 (3rd Batch)

6. BIM 4th Semester Project (Who reached where?)

7. Why this talk?

8. To get more twitter followers?

9. To get more twitter followers? NO.

10. To get more visitors on my blog?

11. To get more visitors on my blog? NO.

12. It's about you

13. And how you can use your bachelor study to craft your tech
career

14. In 2014 being a software developer is better than being a
doctor (in US) - source: BusinessInsider.com

15. 1 million more (tech) jobs than students by 2020 (in US) -
source: Code.org

16. Are you an information hungry student?

17. Or a marks hungry one?

18. A good balance between being information hungry and
marks hungry will get you far

19. Things to consider when you select and do projects for
bachelors

20. Do a marketable product as a project which has
utility, and can be sold in future

21. How about Rent/Building Management System?

22. Back To Kathmandu, Nepal. A foreign employment
information system.

23. Always use a project management system/tool, you can
start with orTrello Redmine

24. Using a source code version control system is a necessity, I
prefer which is DVCS. Use for hosting.Git bitbucket

25. Write more specs and code than words on the report

26. For web projects, think in terms of APIs than user
interface, consider with . Think Mobile,
try .
REST JSON
Ionic

27. Weekly update to academic supervisor or lecturer.

28. Even presentation can be HTML, Javascript and CSS, like
and itReveal.js host

29. Continuity : If you contribute 1 hour per weekend for 2
years it's 100 hours for your project. Be consistent, focus.

30. Barter your working project with scholarship.
Why should scholarships always be given on academic
performance?

31. Secrets of selecting a company and doing internship

32. Start early.
Try finding a company that will host you as in intern by end
of 6th sem.
So start searching for one from 5th sem, surely not 7th sem.

33. Select a medium sized organization, not too big and not
too small

34. College should assign academic supervisor and assessor
for internship

35. Do requirement specs very well. If you can, follow
methodology.
agile

36. Do not reinvent the wheel.
Use Open Source software

37. Depending on the project, give high priority to using a
framework (MVC) or a Content Management System
(CMS).

38. 4 years, one of the longest time you study. Use it well.

39. How to approach the job market.

40. College should perform career counseling session for each
interested student,
Preferable at the middle of the course

41. Make a CV/resume that accentuates your skills

42. Focus on one language/framework/CMS,
have idea of the others.
Don't become jack of all master of none.

43. Start writing technical blog posts

44. Network and search for a job with commitment

45. Be prepared for coding challenges.
Interviews will be there, coding challenges will help you
seal the deal.

46. Continuous Learning, technology changes fast.
matters.
Passion

47. Conclusion/Recap
Be informed of the latest technology, framework and other news in
the tech/web dev industry.
Start a blog, make a Linked In profile. Have some good GitHub public
activity.
Bachelor study is 4 years, utilize it to the fullest.
Passing exams is a must, just being able to program will not earn you
a degree.
Use academic projects to build a ladder to a great internship project.
Exploit your internship opportunity to land your first job.
Focus on a language or framework or CMS, don't try to learn
everything.
Learning is a continuous process even after you get a job.
Suggestion : Pursue a Master after working for 2-3 years.

49. Questions???

50. Credits
https://www.flickr.com/photos/62244271@N03/8553590682/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhammza/577671123/sizes/o/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nathangibbs/98592171/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/5301017657/sizes/l
http://www.pptbackgrounds.net/increasing-performance-graph-
backgrounds.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hhayk/8505539467/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mpp_flr/7892904178/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/107198933@N02/10589586074/sizes/k/
http://tagcrowd.com/ - to generate the tag cloud/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/86429392@N03/7975354658/sizes/h/
http://socialmediaimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/calendar-
a52b4f1d4d18c566eeb37c14a008d66c.jpg
GitHub.com

51. Credits2
http://jerseygeeks.blogspot.ae/2013/02/how-to-get-programming-
experience-when.html
http://myweightlossexperiment.wordpress.com/weekly-weight-loss-
chart-of-progress/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/torek/14421164021/sizes/l
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/what-breach-of-national-
security/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66539915@N03/6274989251/sizes/l
http://www.discprofiles.com/blog/wp-
content/uploads/2012/12/meeting-iStock.jpg
http://opensource.org/files/OSI-Affiliates-April-2012.gif
http://greatlakesvoice.com/blog/common-interview-mistakes-job-
candidates-make/
http://urbantips.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/im-bringing-back-the-
barter-system/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/odgersdesign/4623902675/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick999/502722535/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeldman/14538663789/sizes/l

52. Credits 3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anned/8700093610/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wazari/8283709193/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30093796@N07/10793050886/sizes/l
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30093796@N07/10793050886/sizes/l
http://www.mysansar.com/2014/08/14315/
http://www.pahilopost.com/content/-257.html
http://www.edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/twitter-
wallpaper.jpg
http://code.org/promote
http://www.smu.ca/campus-life/career-services.html

53. Some Links
Main Git site
Github - free public git hosting
BitBucket - free private git hosting
Trello - Easy project management system.
Redmine Hosted - Full project management system
PHPStorm Free Academic License
Drupal - A CMS built in PHP
Symfony - A MVC Framework build in PHP
Angular Js - HTML enhanced for web apps! Javascript Framework
Node Js - Platform for easily building fast, scalable network
applications. with Javascript
Ionic Framework - Front-end framework for developing hybrid mobile
apps with HTML5
Feedly - A very good RSS reader

54. Some programming mantras to remember.