CSE492C: Navigating Early-Career Challenges
Description: This course is intended for graduating seniors, but all are welcome. The goal is to prepare students to navigate nuanced situations specific to software-engineering industry careers, including emphasizing impact to set oneself up for a promotion, techniques to decrease onboarding time, finding resources to learn on teams without documentation, and having difficult conversations with managers such as lack of work-life balance or difficulties working with particular teammates. The discussions in this course will be based on not only my experiences, but the recurring themes I’ve seen from working with about 100 new grads and interns, as well as information from more senior mentors. Going into industry with techniques to navigate new situations contributes to short-term career success including earlier promotion and higher reviews, and long-term success, including staying in industry and finding a job where one can grow and pursue rewarding projects. Credit will be participation-based and the main course format will be short presentations with in-depth discussions of actual situations.
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