Cathy Polinsky talk

THURSDAY NOV 8 at 4:15pm in the CS Main lab: Cathy Polinsky '99, Senior Director of Software Development at SalesForce, will give a talk about interviewing tips and skills for landing a job in the software industry, and she will provide resume tips and networking advice. Cathy has also worked at Yahoo and Oracle, and is in town for Alumni Council. Cookies and juice will be served.

It's cool and lucrative to be a geek. Software developers are in demand and get to work on interesting technical challenges at some amazing companies, while receiving great benefits with flexible work schedules. And software is everywhere. It influences how we communicate, learn, shop, get news and information, and spend our time. Software affects government, finance, healthcare and even has supported revolutions. In every field, companies are becoming software companies as the software revolution overtakes traditional industries.

So, what is it like to work in software and what are some of the challenges that you get to tackle?? Cathy Polinsky '99, Sr Director of Software Development at Salesforce.com will give a talk about the software development field. She'll give an overview of what it's like to work on software projects and give information about landing a great job -- giving resume tips, an insider's perspective on the interview process and networking advice.

Related Links:

• Why Software Is Eating The World (The Wall Street Journal)
• Revenge of the Nerds: Tech Firms Scour College Campuses for Talent (The Wall Street Journal)
• Now Every Company is a Software Company (Forbes)