or “what i wish someone had told me 15 years ago”
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“What I Wish Someone Had Told Me 15 Years Ago”
Nolan Zak- 31, Grew Up in Vernon BC- Attended Okanagan College, bridged to Uvic- Have worked for myself, and at small and
large companies both private and government.
- Application Architect at BC Assessment Authority
- President Of Victoria .NET Developers Association
Winners never quit, and quitters never win, but those who never winand never quit are *%!#ing idiots
This is wheremost peopleend up
This is where you decide toquit or become an expert
Solid Career Choice
• Simulators & Video Games
• Bioinformatics• 3D Animation• Entrepreneur• Medical Modeling• Digital Film Production• Website Design• Data Warehouse• Trainer
• Artificial Intelligence
• System Design• Network
Architecture• Software
Engineering• Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI)• Medical Devices• Genome Mapping
When you try to replace skill with effort, there’s no limit to what you cannot do
Contract Work / Freelance Find work yourself Use a headhunter
Entrepreneur Start a business Products vs services
Continue Academia Degree, Masters, PhD Research & Teaching
OpportunityOpportunityOpportunity
• Business Analyst• Project Manager• User Experience Expert• Architect• Management• Consultant• Writer• Evangelist• Community Manager
www.twitter.com/nolanzak
- 10 to 12 cents per hour- Bomb shelter stability- Public IP (Internet visible)- Preconfigured machines- Scaling, monitoring, load balancing