Future perspectives for IT students

Presented at

Amity University | 6 Oct 2016

Over 80% of engineers in India unemployable

• Survey by Aspiring Minds• 150,000 engineering graduates year 2015 from over 650 collages• Over the last 4 years there has been no significant change in this number

Excellent Initiative by Amity University• Involve Corporate Interactions

• Beginning of the session is the right time

Who is corporate looking for?

• Right Attitude

• Good Analytical/Problem solving skills

• Strong Technical fundamentals

Right Attitude…• Positive Outlook• Willing to learn and improve• Willing to help • Helping others helps you• Team player

• Other attributes• Honest | Communication skills | Self Motivated | Commitment

Why fundamentals are important?

What are fundamentals?• Learn the basics well• Data Structures | Operating Systems | Algorithms | Databases

• Learn at least one language but be strong on that• C++ / Java / Python• Learn to write professional document / code / presentation• Join an open source project learn from there and contribute there

• Read up as much as you can• Varied topics

Additionally… • Time• The most important currency• Everyone gets 24 hours per day, the way you use it makes a difference

• Figure out what you want to do in long run.• Try many different things so you can figure out what you like

• Not only consume but also Contribute.

Technology Trends…• Internet of Things (IoT)• Wearables

• AI / Machine learning• Virtual Reality• Man-machine interface• Data Analytics

Future Employment Options• Enterprise (decrease)

• Startups (increase)

• Entrepreneurship (increase)

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Pranjal Srivastava

Founder / CEO CodeFire Technologies

Twitter: @_Pranjal Email: pranjal@codefire.in Linked in: pranjalsrivastava