Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20914202t&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #142.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
For those who have spent their careers inside the safe walls of academia, the word is a little scary. Can I compete? Will I fit in? What do I need to know? Am I prepared? Will I succeed? While many would say: Yes! You are ready to excel! This isn’t actually the case. The private sector comes with many unanticipated shocks to many of us, especially women. This isn’t a group project.
This session will discuss entering a quickly growing and competitive technical field and what one can do to prepare for continued success.
Preparing and Entering the Private Sector * Women with technical skills are a desired part of the private workforcein general women posses stronger people skills, are more reliable and often more well rounded than their male counterparts. Key factors we will discuss to landing that first job:
· Expand your knowledge base with current applications of technology
· Preparing a solid employment pitch to highlight strengths: Overcoming stereotypes
· Don’t show them your bad side: Why some student projects may hurt you
· The private sector attitude toward performance and entry level expectations
Excelling in the Private Sector *
Now that we have landed a job * for better or worse we are now all about making money and exerting control. What to keep in mind while working in the private sector:
· The formative first years: focus on your weaknesses and practice, practice, practice
· Men & Women in the workplace: what women subconsciously do to hurt their careers
· Politics: Working in a team environment
· Polish & Detail & Reliabilit
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