As Marc Andreessen said before, “Software is eating the World”. Software Engineers are in demand now and in the future, because they wield the sacred power of creation. They can create apps from scratch and make dreams into reality.

1. Software Engineering
as a
Career
Winston Teo
winston@jollygoodcode.com

2. Organised By

3. Winston
@winstonyw

5. SG Ruby Group
http://ruby.sg

6. RedDotRubyConf
http://www.reddotrubyconf.com/

7. My Story

9. 2002National University of Singapore
School of Computing

10. 2002
National University of Singapore
School of Computing
2006IBM Singapore
DBA @ Singapore Airlines

11. 2002
National University of Singapore
School of Computing
2006
IBM Singapore
DBA @ Singapore Airlines
2008Wego.com
Web Ninja, Product Manager

12. 2002
National University of Singapore
School of Computing
2006
IBM Singapore
DBA @ Singapore Airlines
2008
Wego.com
Web Ninja, Product Manager
2011Pivotal Labs
Software Engineer

13. 2008
Wego.com
Web Ninja, Product Manager
2011
Pivotal Labs
Software Engineer
2014Jolly Good Code
Founder, Engineer

14. Software Engineers
are …

15. Modern Craftsmen

16. Software Engineers
can build …

41. How do
Software Engineers
build all that?

42. CODE

43. A LOT

44. Collaborate in a Team
Analyse Requirements
Design Systems and Architecture
Write Documentation
RTFM
Devops
Testing
Analyse Metrics

45. CREATE
VALUE

47. Why become a
Software Engineer?

48. YOU HAVE
PASSION

49. TALENT
YOU HAVE

50. OPPORTUNITIES
THERE ARE

51. MONEY
THERE IS

52. – Wong Meng Weng, JFDI (http://www.jfdi.asia/rtfm/hr)
$2,500–3,000 for a fresh poly or uni grad (after NS for males), but with some coding
experience, perhaps from contributing to open source projects or freelance/hobbyist coding.
No experience? $2,000 for poly and $2,300 for uni, but you’d have to ask how they
managed to get a degree in CS/CE if they didn’t actually enjoy coding.Big red flag.Good luck
training them.
For a senior developer, you might pay $8,000–$12,000 and up. You’re competing with
employers around the world,not just in Singapore.

54. What Skills Do I Need
To LEARN to Be A
Software Engineer?

55. Full Stack Engineer
FrontEnd Engineer
BackEnd Engineer
DevOps Engineer

56. Full Stack Engineer
FrontEnd Engineer
BackEnd Engineer
DevOps Engineer
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Ruby
Python
Go
Elixir
Java
C++
Server
Database
Docker
Ansible

69. Can I Really Be A
Software Engineer?

70. YOU ARE
ANALYTICAL

71. YOU ARE
Creative

72. YOU ARE
pragmatic

73. YOU ARE
Adaptable

74. YOU ARE
ATTENTIVE
TO DETAILS

75. YOU ARE
disciplined

76. YOU LIKE
learning

77. YOU CAN
COMMUNICATE
WELL

78. YOU ARE A
Problem
Solver

79. YOU ARE A
Team Player

80. YOU
GTD

81. YOU LOVE TO
CREATE VALUE

82. Software Engineer
In REAL LIFE

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Credits

84. THANK YOU

85. Q & A