Alpha College
- 1. The Journey Ahead… Azagappan PS http://azagappan.wordpress.com
- 2. Congratulations !!! You have reached one of the important milestones in your life You are now equipped with knowledge END is the beginning of something new Great relief and a great satisfaction to your parents Tomorrow is always the busiest day -Jonathon Lazear
- 3. The Changing World Change descends upon everyone equally The biggest enemy of future success is past success Stretch beyond your comfort zone. Frog and boiling water story Do you know how much you don't know? Its not what we do makes us tired, its what we don't do makes us tired.
- 4. Keep renewing yourself You will never be taught outside your college Get the basics right the first time Regularly ask what new skills, competencies should I need to acquire Formal education is just beginning of your learning journey Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. – Peter F. Drucker
- 5. Technical Skills are just not enough We just don't do programming all the day. We sit in meetings, we talk with customers Learn to work in teams New Hare and Tortoise story The worse evaluator of talent is a player trying to evaluate himself.
- 6. Networking Surround yourself with people who are ready to accept the change Respect yourself. The world will reward you on your success If you want to be great, you’re responsible for making yourself great
- 7. Contribute to the society Story of Stanford University
- 8. Remember to Make it Fun Thank you Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #2: Thank you Mr. Maharasan. Dear Faculty Member and my dear friends. A Very good morning to you all. Its my pleasure and gratitude to be here to share my experiences of I had in software industry for the last 9 years. Well, 9 years back, I was a student sitting like you. When I entered the Alpha college, I was reminded of my college days.. what a wonderful days were they. Our classmates, professors, those early lectures, late lectures, the sports, chit chats in Canteens.. .those are wonderful days. That being said, when I got an invitation to talk to you guys at this valedictory function about two weeks back, I was thinking of what should I talk or present on this day. I had several thoughts - pick up a technical subject and get deeper into it... but then, I had this thinking come up - what will be the advice that I would give to myself if I could meet myself at your age in order to guide the young people to attain or get a promising career in software industry... Thus came this talk - the journey ahead.... my experiences which you guys could probably use as pointers while you move in your career life. I have framed this talk in such a way - it tells what you probably have to do to keep your position in this industry.... Tradition in our society is that the elders would give advice to younger ones - by advice I mean those things the elders dont do but want the younger ones to do....advice is available every where free of cost.... anytime... as its a tradition for elders to give advice.. younger ones also too have a tradition.. do you know what it is .. just not to follow the advice.. I know everybody wont take the advice every time... I dont at least.... This talk is not ADVICE. Its just a list of todo list which you may or may not like it.. a list of todo list which you may or may not use it.... My thought is that you will take away something out of this talk and frame your own rules. Before we begin, if you guys have any questions, you can either stop me in the middle or you can reserve it to the last.. Dont hesitate to ask questions... because there is never a wrong / stupid question.. there can only be stupid answers...