Career path in IT
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The document outlines various career paths in the IT field for graduates, including roles in development, quality assurance, system engineering, support, design, and technical writing. It identifies job trends and the increasing demand for IT professionals, especially in Nepal, where projects are shifting from outsourcing to in-house development. The author encourages graduates to enhance their employability by gaining practical experience through projects, participating in IT communities, and leveraging social media for networking.
Career path in IT
- 1. Your Career after Graduation in IT Right path for right People
- 2. Narayan Koirala Software Engineer and SQA Professional QA Manager @ BrainDigit IT Solution Pvt. Ltd. You can find me on Er. Narayan Koirala twitter.com/narainko facebook.com/groups/sqapro [email protected]
- 3. What will you do After your IT graduation? ?
- 4. Few Career Paths in IT As I.Developer (C, ASP.NET, Php, Java, Ruby, Python etc..) II.Quality Assurance Engineer( Manual, Automation, Performance, Security) III.System/ Network Engineer (System Admin, Network Admin, Security Analyst) IV.Support Engineer V.Marketing/Sales/SEO Engineers VI.Designer(Design Engineers) VII.Content Writer(Technical Writers) 4
- 5. Developer as Career • Desktop Applications (C#, VB.NET, Java) • Web Applications (ASP.NET ,php, Java) • Handheld Applications(Android, ios, Windows phone)
- 6. Job Trends for Development Eng.
- 7. QA as Career • Manual Test Engineers • Automation Test Engineers • Performance Test Engineers • Security Test engineers • Compatibility Test Engineers
- 8. Job Trends for QA Eng.
- 9. Scope of QA 1. More Developers, so more projects so more demand QA professionals.(ratio 1 : 1 needed) 2. Increasing trend of IT. 3. Previously more companies were outsourcing , now more companies are on own projects.(in case of Nepal) 4. Increasing no of technological platforms like handheld(tab, ipad, smartphones), smart TVs, smart watches
- 10. Design as Career Design Engineers Software Architects 1.More Development houses, so more projects so more demand design professionals 2.What ever outsourcing , in house projects 3.Increasing no of technological platforms like handheld(tab, ipad, smartphones), smart TVs, smart watches
- 11. Job Trends for Design Eng.
- 12. Support Engineer as Career 1. Growing trend of IT 2. Software clients prefer using software with best support facilities. 3. Both in case of proprietary and free software
- 13. Job Trends for Support Eng
- 14. Technical Writers as Career 1. Growing trend of IT 2. Technical Manuals are most useful and favored. 3. People prefer to read and know rather than ask to others. 4. Both in case of proprietary and free software
- 15. Job Trends
- 16. What to do now? ?
- 17. Prove you have experience immediate after graduation. How? Make your minor and major projects count. Make them real time and usable (I know you can) Follow the global IT trend like documentation, development plan, test plan, release plan , change management and version control plan. Follow SDLC Try to show something more, you can continue your minor project for a major project, or continue your seniors project and take it to another height or improve its quality or performance
- 18. Just do not stick with traditional college management, library management. Think something new and new doesn't mean complex projects. It can be simple but countable.
- 19. Participate in IT events organized by IT groups like SQApro, AspNetCommunity, Php Developers Community, ROR, CAN, ITC, OWASPNepal and so on These groups are filled with people who love to share what they have and I am sure you will learn a lot. Write your problem and it is solved
- 20. Proper use of Social Networking Join professional groups of FB Follow professionals on LinkedIn. Follow professionals on twitter. (Make Proper use of Social Media)
- 21. Keep working harder each day And Always run for QUALITY (take your projects, studies, social contact parallel And stay ahead of crowd)
- 22. If you have some queries related to IT career Write me at [email protected] Thank You
Editor's Notes
- #5: Development ( Embedded system, desktop apps, web apps, handheld app , smart tv, smart watches app dev)
- #18: Make your minor and major projects count. Make them real time and usable, follow the global IT trend like documentation, development plan, test plan, release plan , change management and version control plan. Try to show something more, you can continue your minor project for a major project, or continue your seniors project and take it to another height or improve its quality or performance
- #21: How many social networking medias do you know? How many of you use facebook?, what do you facebook for? Make proper use of facebook, join professional groups of your interest, follow professionals now on linked , twitter etc. Ok tell me how are you using fb? How many have u got twitter and linkedin Ids. Follow companies
- #22: For better examination score and worthy minor and major project completion