This presentation is designed to explain the differences between Startup and Corporate career choices for Engineering and Computer Science graduates.
It explores interviewing process and offer negotiations
1. Gordon Engineering Leadership Center’s
Leading Technology Speaker Series
Sergey Sundukovskiy PH.D.
Getting
Your First
Technology
Job
2. Dr. Sergey Sundukovskiy
Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer at Certemy, Inc.
Before Co-FoundingRaken, Dr. SergeySundukovskiyserved in capacities of Chief Technology Officer,
Chief InformationOfficer, andChief Product Officer. Sergeyis aserial entrepreneurco-founding
multiple successfulStartupsfocused on SmallBusiness MarketingandeCommerce.Thelast Startupco-
founded by Sergeywasacquired by CapitalOnein 2014.
Sergeyspecializes inimplementationof subscription-based highvolumeSaaSplatforms,witha strong
emphasisonearly stageproduct development, product marketing,andcustomeracquisition.
Sergeyoftenmentorsfirst-time foundersandadvises early stageStartupswith emphasisonProduct
Development, Product MarketTesting, Public Relations, Product Marketing,TeamBuilding, Customer
Success andOrganizationalManagement.
SergeyhasB.A. inComputerSciencefrom theUniversity of California, SanDiego, M.S.in Information
Technology from theUniversityof Liverpool, Ph.D. in InformationTechnology Managementfromthe
School of BusinessandTechnology, Capella University, pursuing M.S.inComputerScience from
HarvardUniversity
6. Corporate vs. Startup
Corporate People Startup People
Experts in one area
Years climbing ladder
Stable lifestyle
Real responsibilities
Life balance
Generalists
Early start
Cheap lifestyle
Nothing to lose
Nothing else matters
7. Corporate Career
Retire, play golf, die
Get regular promotions
Get in a good company
Go to a good college
Get good grades
Normal Career
28. Weird Science
Computer Science
• Can Write an Algorithm
• Remembers O (log n)
• Does Research
• Can Work by Himself/Herself
• Looks for the Best Solution
Software Development
• Can Write Software
• Remembers to Test Code
• Does Google
• Works In Groups
• Looks for the Solution that Works
29. Interview Questions
Good Questions
• How does the Internet work?
• How do you test your software?
• Design a registration process
for me?
Bad Questions
• Difference between an ArrayList
and a Vector?
• How do you reverse an array?
• What is the difference between
Java8 vs. Java9