On Tuesday, the Alumni Symposium turned out to be a great event for Computer Science majors, or even just students that were interested in Computer Science. There were about 10 different speakers that talked for about three minutes about their personal job experience after graduating at CofC.
Some of the speakers talked about what they look for in people that apply at their companies. The general consensus was that employers look for people that don't just have strong experience in specific programming languages (or strong skills, etc.) in Computer Science, but mostly what we spend time doing outside of the classroom. They really like to hear about personal projects (related to programming or software development) that we've worked on in our own time. This seems to be important to employers, because it shows that we are really interested in the field of Computer Science.
After the speakers finished, the room was opened into a question and answer session that any students had for the alumni. There were some interesting questions going around. Some people asked about what types of things that their employers look for when hiring. Another hot topic was cloud computing, and its importance in the future of the Computer Science. Everyone seemed to have their own opinions about cloud computing, and how big of a toll it will take on the future.
With the addition of free food (which is my personal favorite), the Alumni Symposium turned out to be a great event, and I'll be sure to attend next year (as a Senior).
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