1. 2013 CRA-W Graduate Cohort Workshop M.S. Career Opportunities Dilma Da Silva (Qualcomm Research) Prasanna Pilla (VMware) Fernanda Viégas (Google)

2. Agenda Introductions Career Options Evaluate yourself How to present yourself Interviewing Negotiating a job offer Career growth

3. Member of Technical Staff, VMware Masters in Computer Science Thesis: Sentiment Analysis of Political Documents Journey Skiing, biking, hiking, rock climbing, ski diving, cooking and travelling Prasanna Pilla

4. Dilma Da Silva

5. Fernanda Viégas Staff Research Scientist at Google M.S. and Ph.D. from MIT Media Lab Research interests: data visualization, crowdsourcing, social web Married with two little girls

6. Fernanda Viégas

7. Agenda Introductions Career Options Evaluate yourself How to present yourself Interviewing Negotiating a job offer Career growth

8. Career Options

9. Career Options – What? Developer Tester Support Tech Ops Business Analyst Deployment DBA Project Manager Define scope Manager manages

10. Career Options – Where? Research Industry Established Companies Startups Government Universities

11. Career Options – How & Whom? – LinkedIn – University Career services and career fairs – Networking groups like MassTLC – Clubs and meet-up groups like Bar Camp Boston – Solving puzzles – Company websites – Professors – Friends Its a lot about networking

12. Career Options – When?

13. Evaluate yourself

14. Agenda Introductions Career Options Evaluate yourself How to present yourself Interviewing Negotiating a job offer Career growth

15. How do I present myself? Be the best version of yourself – Resume – LinkedIn – Personal webpage

16. Be proactive: target skills for your dream job(s) and assess gaps – internships: real-world experience is valued – network Know your resume inside-out – What did you do? – Why was it important? – Technical challenges? Why are you interested in this particular company? – What is its story? – Where is it going? Interview – job search

17. Interview – get ready Review fundamentals: algorithms, data structures Practice coding on a whiteboard; it is not easy or intuitive! Use a collaborative editor Find sample questions online Get tips from books, blogs, your peers Do mock interviews Question might be vague: ask! Talk through your solutions – show your thought process – solution doesn't have to be "the" answer – highlight trade-offs and issues with performance, security, robustness, usability, portability, scalability, libraries, etc For each one: people, project, current news

18. You are the interviewer too! Evaluate the organization as much as they are evaluating you – Guage culture through lunches and any informal conversations – Can you see yourself working there? – Get information you need to make a decision if you get an offer Think through timelines and be flexible Prepare to negotiate

19. Agenda Introductions Career Options Evaluate yourself How to present yourself Interviewing Negotiating a job offer Career growth

20. Negotiating a job offer By not negotiating a first salary, an individual stands to lose more than $500,000 by age 60. – Men are more than four times as likely as women to – negotiate a first salary. You can negotiate for things other than salary – Stock grants, vacation time, job description, etc. Know what you are worth – Don't discount experience – Research online – Talk to peers and mentors Know how much you are willing to compromise Use other job offers as leverage

21. Career Growth Define clear goals and set expectations of performance Document your joint understanding of goals/metrics to move to the next level Proactively meet regularly and make team and manager aware of progress and performance Participate well at meetings (and sit at the table) Balance between being nice and making a point Be visible to your managers manager Meet other people in the company over lunch/coffee

22. Career Growth: promotion Be pro-active Ask for feedback (from manager, peers) Tell others (potential reviewers) that youre aiming at a promotion before your case goes up Talk to folks at the next level about what is expected and how you can narrow the gap

23. Questions