1. VTE / Microsoft Career Opportunities in Software Engineering: Working at Microsoft and other Software Companies Dr. James McCaffrey Microsoft MSDN / Volt VTE presented at the University of Nevada, Reno Monday, November 2, 2009 Reno, NV USA

2. VTE / Microsoft Agenda Let’s cut to the chase -- money (slide #1) Interviewing (slide #2) A typical day (slide #3) Contracting and projectized work (slide #4)

3. VTE / Microsoft Money and Salary Issues Typical starting salary & benefits. Technical and subjective value of graduate degree. IT vs. IT vs. IT terminology 1,200,000 people: 10% pure, 80% hybrid, 10% other.

4. VTE / Microsoft Interviewing Getting an interview is hard. Your two most important classes. Passion, technical, chemistry, independence. Questions: logic, coding, project, soft.

5. VTE / Microsoft A Typical Day (sort of...) Schedule Learning Meetings Managing Producing

6. VTE / Microsoft Advantages of Working as Contractor Best way for new and recent college graduates to gain initial experience. You do not lock yourself into a long-term commitment with one company – you can find out what you love to do. You have access to a huge range of jobs, at a huge range of types of companies, in a huge range of locations. I have personally seen many, many success stories, and not one single case where someone was sorry they chose Volt. I did it and have recommended Volt to many people I care about and who trust me.

7. VTE / Microsoft Wrap-Up and Contact v-jammc@microsoft.com or jmccaffrey@volt.comv-jammc@microsoft.comjmccaffrey@volt.com http://jamesmccaffrey.spaces.live.com http://www.monster.com http://jobs.volt.com Thank You!