1. Exploring IT Denver, CO April 8, 2010

2. Agenda Welcome Quick Quiz on IT Careers The Future of IT
The Demand
The Scarcity
Types of Careers in IT
Overview
Examples
Host Visit Overviews

3. Agenda Welcome Quick Quiz on IT Careers The Future of IT
The Demand
The Scarcity
Types of Careers in IT
Overview
Examples
Host Visit Overviews

4. Quiz… is it TRUE or FALSE?
Students who graduate with technical degrees struggle today with finding jobs. 
All IT jobs are going to be “outsourced” to India and China. 
All the interesting technologies have already been developed, so it is too late to go into an IT career.
If you go into an IT career, you are pretty much locked into that for life. 
You spend more time working alone than working with other people in an IT job. 
Only nerdy guys go into IT careers.
IT is one of the highest paying careers right out of college. 

5. Agenda Welcome Quick Quiz on IT Careers The Future of IT
The Demand
The Scarcity
Types of Careers in IT
Overview
Examples
Host Visit Overviews

6. Factors Driving Technology Growth1
Year 3
Years 10
Rapid Consumer
Adoption
Technology
Convergence
Silicon
Economics

7. Some of the Fastest Growing Jobs

8. Declining Technical Majors in the US

9. Agenda Welcome Quick Quiz on IT Careers The Future of IT
The Demand
The Scarcity
Types of Careers in IT
Overview
Examples
Host Visit Overviews

10. Example Corporate IT Opportunities
CEO
Chief Information Officer
VP of Architecture
VP of Application Development
VP of Operations
VP of Program Office
Enterprise Architect
Technical Architect
Security Specialist
Business Analyst
Web Designer
Developer
Testing Specialist
Network Administrator
Systems Administrator
Database Administrator
Help Desk Analyst
Project Manager
Customer Relationship Manager
Vendor Manager

11. Example Other IT Opportunities
Technology Products
Product Developer
Product Support Specialist
Sales Associate
Managed Services
Network Manager
Systems Analyst
Help Desk Support Specialist
Service Providers
Requirements Analyst
Web Designer
Application Developer
Testing Analyst
Architect
IT Strategist

12. Agenda Welcome Quick Quiz on IT Careers The Future of IT
The Demand
The Scarcity
Types of Careers in IT
Overview
Examples
Host Visit Overviews

13. Host Visit Overviews Logistics
Host visits will be at these locations:
Thurs, 4/15 MapQuest (downtown Denver)
Thurs, 4/22 SysTest Labs (downtown Denver)
Wed, 4/27 ViaWest (near I-225 & Parker Rd.)
All visits will be from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
You are responsible for your own transportation and parking at the location (see maps)

14. Host Visit Overviews MapQuest
Company Overview
Helps people find places
Three business units
Internet (mapquest.com)
Wireless
Business
Exploring IT Visit Highlights
Office Tour
Demo of Software Development Lifecycle
Requirements
Development
Testing
Releases
Discussion of mobile technology challenges
Career Opportunities Overview

15. Host Visit Overviews ViaWest
Company Overview
Manages IT infrastructure, clients include:
Denver Broncos
Chipolte
Frontier Airlines
Vail Resorts
Services include:
Colocation
Managed Hosting
Exploring IT Visit Highlights
Datacenter Tour
Demo of Network Operations Center
Career Opportunities
Network engineer
Systems Engineering
Data Center Operation

16. Host Visit Overviews SysTest Labs
Company Overview
Consulting services:
Software testing
Quality assurance (QA)
Independent verification and validation
Three lines of business:
Government
Commercial
Compliance
Exploring IT Visit Highlights
Company History
Testing Lab Tour
Demonstration of digital voyce™
Provides information and reputation management protection by monitoring the web
Career Opportunities

17. MapQuest
555 17th Street, Suite 1600, Denver, CO
Thurs, 4/15/2010, 6 PM
Meet in lobby
No parking on 16th Street Mall
Some street parking on Welton, meters take coins, feed $2 for 2 hours
Denver Pavilions offers underground parking spaces accessed off Welton Street, $8 for 2 hours
SysTest Labs
216 16th Street, Suite 700, Denver, CO
Thurs, 4/22/2010, 6 PM
Meet in lobby

18. ViaWest
11900 E. Cornell, Aurora, CO
Wed, 4/28/2010, 6 PM
Parking just east of the building

19. Questions?