1. Careers in the software industry North Plainfield High School Wednesday December 9 2015 Fabrice J Fonck

2. Bio Professional –Independent software globalization consultant; –Microsoft Corporation (1991-2011). Responsible for developer documentation, world-readiness and all international releases of Developer Division products and technologies: Visual Studio, Visual Basic, C#, Expression, Silverlight, ASP.NET, MSDN,.NET FX, etc. –Created Small Basic specifically for beginners! Educational –MBA Management Science and Information Systems – State University of New York (1991) –BS in Business – IECS The Strasbourg Graduate School of Management – France (1989) Personal –Born & grew up in France, moved to the US to attend graduate school in 1989 –Fluent in French, German and English –Family is always #1. Married with 3 children. –For fun, I enjoy flyfishing and travel

3. Why this industry? Jobs, jobs, jobs! –High pay + benefits –2+ openings for every CS grad this year –By 2018, CS jobs 3x > # of applicants Forefront of technology & innovation Broad range of applications –Mobile & embedded (car, tv, etc.) –Desktop –Web –Cloud Rapid pace of change Global reach Flexibility No suit & tie!

4. Jobs Program Manager –Feature PM: product specs –Release PM: schedule & milestones –Usability PM: user experience Software Development Engineer –Read product specifications –Write code to implement features Software Development Engineer in Test –Quality assurance: find the bugs –Automation and manual testing Localization Engineer –Product works worldwide Technical Writer –Write the product documentation –Write samples

5. Getting there… Passion for technology Learning to write code –HS CS classes: less than 5% offer AP CS in the US… –Community College classes –On your own: MSDN: Beginner Developer Learning Center –Small Basic –Visual Studio Express edX universities Khan Academy Code.org Choose a CS major in college Internships and events –Imagine Cup Stand out!

6. Resources and contacts www.msdn.microsoft.com –Visual Studio ExpressVisual Studio Express Computer Science courses at edXComputer Science courses CS at Khan Academy Commentary: U.S. kids need computer-science educationCommentary: U.S. kids need computer-science education Computer science grads fielding 'multiple job offers' America’s Tech Talent Crunch 10 hot computer science schools Want a job? Get a computer science degree 2015 KPCB Internet Trends Year-End Update Fabrice_fonck@hotmail.com

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8. Thank You fabrice_fonck@hotmail.com