SMU Careers in Consulting Talk

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A Consulting Project

About Me

Blog: www.codeconfessions.comTweets:@codeconfessions

Agile Manifesto

Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.

Planning Poker

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Velocity LInk Sprint Progress Burndown

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Burndown Chart

Agile Practices

• Frequent Source Control Check Ins• Continuous Integration• Test Driven

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What Is Silverlight?

Partial CQRS

SOA / ORM

Multiparadigmatic Programming

• Procedural• Object Oriented • Functional• Dynamic• Meta• Parallel?

The Velocity Team

Velocity Cake!

Why Consulting?

• You’re an asset, not a cost.• Get to change jobs with career continuity• Bit of a buffer between opportunities

Why Sogeti Consulting?

• Compensation for extra hours worked • Training and software costs covered (soft skills,

technical books, etc.)• Bench Buffer between gigs • Choice of Travel• Benefits of full employment with variety of

contracting

Take these Classes!

• 4345 Software engineering principles• 4346 Software engineering design project• 5314 Software Testing and Quality Assurance• 5319 Software Architecture and Design• 5330 File Organization and Database

Management• 5340 Service Oriented Solutions• 5345 Advanced application programming• 5382 Computer graphics

Getting Hired: Do Some of this

• Open Source Project Contrib• Show multiple strengths• Be a team player• Project work a plus