eight tips for new computer science graduates
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8 tips for new graduatesA slightly irreverent viewpoint
Wayne K. Yamamoto, CEO
Co-Founder, VP Products
Chief Architect (first engineer),Vice President, Engineering
University of Washington
Wayne K. YamamotoCEO, Co-Founder
Sun Microsystems, Engineer
Bell Labs, Engineer
CSE as a Foundation
Helping your charity blossom
(commercial)
• Startup in Palo Alto, CA
• Help nonprofits raise money
• “Work hard. Do Good. Get Paid.”
• Looking for interns and new grads (engineers)
• Interested? www.charityblossom.org/corp/uw
A perspective from the trenches
• Intended for new graduates entering the work force
• Mostly for software engineers...
• ...joining a startup
• ...but possibly helpful in general
• Your mileage may vary
Politics Matter
Make friends with the cool kids.It’s junior high school all over again.
“Cool Kids”You
Have a career path
You
BillGates
Business
SteveJobs
Technical
Guidovan Rossum
Mark Zuckerberg
Women matter(s)
: = 10:1
Adriana GascoigneMarissa Mayer,
VP GoogleGail Alverson,
UW/Cray
BarbieSheryl Sandberg,COO Facebook
Barb Liskov,MIT
Emma Brunskill,UW/MIT/UCB Joy Su,
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8 tips
• Nerds (you) rule!
• Keep your nose to the grindstone
• Love what you do
• Make friends
• Politics matter
• Have a career path
• Don’t eat all the chips
• Women matter(s)
