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IT industryWhat is it?
Business
People
Technology
Parts
What
Why
Who
Technology!Let us talk
You see
this ...
Image reproduced with permission from http://xkcd.com/676/
There is more …
WEB SERVICEDEVICEBROWSER
WEB SERVERSDATABASEINTERNET TRANSMISSION
Countless
more ...
Do you know these technologies?
Question: What did you develop your last project in/on/using?
PeopleWhat about?
You see this …
Who made?
• Product architect
• UI designer
• Web developer
• Core programmers
• System admin
• Tester
• Database admin
What
would you
like to be?
Why should you care?
• Technology is (only) an enabler
• There is plenty of choice!
It is not who I am
underneath, but what I
do that defines me -
Batman
Linus Torvalds
Tim Berners-
Lee
Vint
Cerf
Alan Turing
John
Von
Neuman
n
BusinessThe 800 pound gorilla
What is business?
• Business is an organization involved in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers
• Business relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society doing commercially viable and profitable work
• Business are meant to create revenue, earn profit and increase wealth of the shareholders
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business
Doesn’t it look like this?
Advertisements!
A different path
In closing …
PICK YOUR SPECIALIZATION
• Companies look for good communicators
• Read the newspaper, magazines and lots of books
• Write a blog and ask for reviews/comments
• Keep yourself updated on what is happening in your field/domain
Improve your communication
The best resume ever!
… but I want to be different!
• Academics
• Tech journalism
• Start-up evangelism
Life is what happens to
you when you are busy
making other plans --
John Lennon
At last …
• Knowledge
– The trek is 20km and takes 6 hours
• Wisdom
– I must pack at least 2ltrs of water
All we have to decide is
what to do with the
time that is given to us -
Gandalf the Grey
thank you
Sagar Vibhute
twitter: @biggfoot
facebook: facebook.com/vibhutesagar
Email: [email protected]
