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The Engineer’s Path
Choose Your Own Adventure

Leor Chechik
Principal Applications Engineer
Financial Localization Development, Cloud Apps
2017

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Agenda

• My Path • Internships & Interviews

• Choosing a Specialization • Large Company vs. Startup

• Industry vs. Academia • Build Your Own Community

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My Path
• Computer Sci BSc, Glasgow
University, UK

• Computer Science MS,

Stanford

• Software Developer, Oracle

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My Path at Oracle
Application Engineer

Senior Applications Engineer

Project Leader

Principal Applications Engineer

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Choosing a Specialization

• Majoring in CS?

• Technical Specialization?

• Changing direction later?

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Industry vs. Academia
• Grad School vs. Work • Masters vs. PhD
Experience

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Internships
• Best way to get practical
experience

• Often lead to full-time offer

• Take advantage of your

university career resources
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Interviews

• Study up & Practice

• Be Yourself!

• Accept Feedback & Adapt

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Unlearning School Lessons
• Copy someone else’s code? • Real programmers break the
rules!

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Large Company vs. Startup

• What are your priorities?

• What’s your productive

environment?

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Expect the Unexpected

• Reality sinks in

• Life happens

• Priorities change

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Build Your Community

• Find a supportive circle of

peers

• Or build it yourself

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Q &A

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