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Less than 5% of tertiary students worldwide choose to study computer science (CS) at uni, yet employment rates for CS graduates are higher than any other field. But CS isn’t just about becoming a developer or software engineer. CS is relevant to all jobs, whether you’re into fashion, film, farming or food, to name a few. Careers with Code lets you discover your passion – your ‘X’ – and combine it with CS to uncover the careers of the future, or create your own. Head to the quiz on p20 to kick-start your CS journey.

CS+ y it iv t a e r c Contents Are computer science an d coding the same thing? 6 Not exactl y, but they are linked

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12 These Googlers took a roundabout path to working at the company 7 paths to CS careers

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hink about it this way: computer science is the study of all things related to computers. That means understanding everything from hardware, chips, circuits, processors and storage, to programming languages and theory. “A computer science degree can lead to a career as a software engineer,” says start-up investor Ben Metcalfe. “It means understanding design patterns, designing and architecting a system, and knowing what information and functionality should occur within the system.” A software engineer also deals with different ways of building functionality, problem-solving, which technologies to use, how to use them and why. Computer programming is understanding the set of languages used to talk to computers. Learning to code is like learning a new language, but instead of talking to other people, you’re instructing computers instead. A programmer – or coder – is given instructions and assigned parts of a system to build. Today, tech powers practically every industry in the world, so there are plenty of different careers on offer. Design, product and program management are just a just a few core roles needed that don’t involve writing code. “If you decided you want to try coding, there are many ways to learn – and you don’t have to be someone who’s been coding since you were six,” says Group Nine Media VP of product management, Lehua Sparrow. Her computer science degree took her down a different path: “I started in engineering, then discovered product and people management is where my passion lies.” Whatever your passions or interest, there’s a branch of computer science and a job out there - what are you waiting for? – Sukhjit Ghag

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Wake up and head to yog a. Grab some breakfast an d reply to emails before headi 8.15am Arrive at the office ng to the office. and check in with my team of 12 dev elopers, data scientists and business analysts. 9am Work on a product dem o of a new app we’re developing to hel p farmers keep track of growing condit ions. 10am Make a note of any sof tware issues with the developers an d get the app ready for release. 12pm Grab lunch, then 1.30pm Talk to the sales straight to a meeting. and marketing team about which adver tisers to contact. 2pm Call farmers to get the ir feedback and input on the produ ct. 3pm Check in with the progre ss of the app and also give the dev elopers any feedback from the farmers. 4pm Last check of my emails and phone messages to make sur e I haven’t missed any thing urgen t. 5pm Listen to a podcast wh ile I walk home. 6pm Cook dinner and unwin d. 9.30pm Time for bed.

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Working with The Yield, an ag-tech solutions company, Donna Forlin’s (far right and above) goal is to make life easier for farmers.

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Watching emojis come to life first company hanks to Tara Tjandra’s ian colleagues coding project, her Atlass rat at her than message her @GrumpyC their own nicknames @Tara, and customise to @TheBoss. too – everyone, right up n-tone selector Tara also developed a ski y messages. And for emojis in the compan not add emoji gender then, she thought, why some new emojis, too. modifiers? And create and use these “The idea was, we have sh them out and make emojis any way, let’s fle ndard,” Tara says. them of a really good sta rk it would be to “Let’s see how much wo personal.” make them better, more ojis are in use Tara’s customisable em munications at throughout internal com ’s largest tech Atlassian, and Australia them to clients. company will soon offer to life pretty much “I see my work coming o is a full-stack every day,” says Tara, wh ts from the back-end developer, taking projec end finishes. beginnings to the front-

ficult,” she says of “It wasn’t par ticularly dif ssaging code, “and I’m the custom-named me e done it in a quarter sure the others could’v senior developers of the time.” Her team’s ugh, encouraging were ver y suppor tive, tho offer new ideas. her to ask questions and solving that got It was a love of problemlor of Computer Tara into UNSW’s Bache first place. Science program in the s I got out of my ng thi t “One of the bes blem-solve, pro to ng degree was learni d techniques for goo and , ion learning to quest to communicate. finding things out – how at to ask and it made “It helped me learn wh k to people. If you me more confident to tal only go so far.” keep to yourself, you can alumni, and return Atlassian’s founders are luding to recruit. to campus frequently, inc 2016 and finished her Tara secured her job in work in January 2017. degree before starting friends at uni and a “I met some of my best Lauren Martin lot of them are here!” –

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Engineer your career UNSW has produced Australia’s most successful software engineers, computer scientists and startup tech entrepreneurs, with five UNSW graduates featuring in the top 25 of the BRW Young Rich 2016 list. UNSW graduates have also created significant local tech companies Atlassian, Airtasker, Smart Sparrow, Compass and OpenLearning.

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APP-SOLUTELY

Apps are essentially software programs: they “understand” certain basic functions, such as sending a text or playing a game, and execute these as they receive your instructions. They’re coded in a variety of programming languages (like Microsoft’s Xamarin), depending on your phone’s operating system (OS) and what the app’s creator was working with. “If you see yourself as imagining what the future might be, coding is where you could help realise it,” says Professor Maurice Pagnucco from the UNSW Sydney. CS: Computer programs (code)

OPERATOR, PLEASE

The phone’s OS (e.g. Android’s Nougat) is its most important software program, as it enables the phone to run and coordinate multiple programs at once. The central processing unit (CPU) executes a few lines of code from each app at a time, and how they’re cycled in and out is determined by the OS. CS: Software (code)

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Another important program is your phone’s voice-activated assistant (e.g. Google Assistant), which translates your words into a digital signal, then uses its vocabulary and language software to recognise the signal and respond. CS: Software (code)

STAY IN TOUCH

Touchscreens are capacitive, which means they’re equipped with electronic sensors that register where our electricity-conducting fingers touch the screen. These sensors send a signal to the microprocessor, which works out what you’re asking the phone’s software to do. CS: Electrical engineering (combining the technology of hardware and microprocessors)

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GOING DIGITAL

When you make a phone call, the sound waves – your voice – are converted into a digital signal by the phone’s microphone. This signal is transmitted to your friend’s phone, and then converted back to sound by their phone’s speaker. CS: Hardware (microphone)

TUNE IN

Bluetooth technology, in the form of a tiny computer chip and transceiver, uses low-power radio waves (between 2.402 GHz and 2.480 GHz) to connect smartphones with – and send data to – other devices, like a car’s stereo, without using cables. CS: Computer chips, transceiver

IN THE CLOUDS

The cloud (internet) servers that allow us to access and store music, emails and other data and programs can be divided into two parts: the software interface that we interact with; and the data server storing this information on a remote computer, like at a Google data centre. Once we make a request, the two systems communicate via the internet and enable you to access or download the information. CS: Distributed computing data storage

EN ROUTE

A smartphone’s built-in GPS receiver communicates via radio waves with at least three global positioning satellites to pinpoint your location. It then communicates the information to the phone’s software so you can see your location and get directions to your destination. CS: GPS satellites – Laura Boness

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GETTING SKILLS Gaining confidence in computing at uni motivated Amy Lo to switch from a biology research career to a job as tech lead at Google

he first job I wanted was to be a teacher – my parents were teachers in Hong Kong. Over time, I changed my mind and looked at a career in research; I was a good student and reading up on different science concepts was fun. At university I did a degree in bioinformatics, which required an honours thesis. When I started learning computing as part of my uni degree, I didn’t know what I was in for. It was so difficult I nearly quit half a semester into my degree, but after a chat with my lecturer I decided to stick it out. I ended up getting good grades at uni, which helped boost my confidence. My honours year showed me that while understanding how the human body works and finding breakthroughs would be really interesting, the research could also be tedious. To keep my options open I interviewed at several companies and ended up taking a job at a finance firm, a choice which led me to my path here at Google. The most meaningful project I’ve worked on was custom styling on the Google Maps Android API. It was a project that was asked for by developers for three years – no-one had gotten around to it because people thought it was too difficult. I worked alongside some great people in Seattle to make the concept happen, and then I worked with my team here in Sydney to get this feature working. At the end, I finally understood the code and we were able to create this feature that everyone wanted. It was also great to see the team working together and collaborating to make sure the feature was completed in time. It doesn’t matter when you start learning CS, if you want to learn it, you can. I know people who started learning computing in primary school, I started at university, and I have friends who started three years after working full-time in another field. If it’s something you’re interested in, then you should go for it.

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It doesn’t matter when you start learning computer science, if you want to learn it, you can.”

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Taking strides Shanika Kuruppu knows she has what it takes to be head and shoulders above the rest

spent way too long in my early years not being confident. I knew I was good at programming, but it still made me nervous that some people in my degree had been writing code for longer than I had. I always felt like I was behind and if I had extra experience, I’d be so much better. In hindsight, my lack of confidence was counterproductive. I now realise I have the competence to work with people who have many more decades of experience than me. The important thing is to learn from them, rather than be intimidated. I always thought I would be an engineer because I liked learning how mechanical things worked. One of the quirkiest things I’ve worked on is building my own keyboard. I designed the layout, laser-cut the frame, found all the parts, wired it up, wrote the code to detect the key presses and put it all together. There was a lot of soldering involved, and also debugging to figure out why pressing a key for one character made a different one show up on the screen. But in the end I got there, and now it’s the keyboard I use at home. I think the best way to learn CS is to find a problem that you really care about and use CS to build a solution to the problem. I’m lucky to already have my dream job, which is not only to be a Google engineer, but to deal with all the complexities of the Google infrastructure. I’m still learning a lot every day.

I know now I have the competence to work with people who have many more decades of experience than me.” Bachelor of Engineering/Commerce, University of Melbourne

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Regional Australia is chock-a-block with new knowledge, networks and ideas

ni student Luke de Bono, from the Glenning Valley in NSW, has a big goal: to bring the technology found in autonomous cars to household products – like his first product, an automated lawnmower. Luke’s passion for design led him to study industrial and product design at the University of Newcastle, and to cofound his own company, Elite Robotics. “The dream is for Elite Robotics to be the world leader in automation,” he says. Luke’s attitude is typical of the high aspirations of regional tech businesses. Around eight million Australians live in towns and regional centres. Startup incubators, co-working spaces and courses that combine computer science with industry experiences are injecting

excitement into regional areas. Take the UNE SMART Region Incubator in Armidale NSW, which connects researchers, business and start-ups focused on ag-tech. Simon Blyth is a tech entrepreneur and local of Inverell in northern NSW. He’s also managing director of LXGroup, an Internet of Things product development company with a focus on ag-tech. Simon started LXGroup with just $750 in the bank. “In the country, you need much less capital to survive on while you build your business. That’s a real advantage for start-ups building their enterprise through the UNE Incubator,” he says. Looking for opportunities near you? Visit Silicon Paddock – siliconpaddock. community – for more information.

From far left: Elite Robot ics co-founders, Luke De Bo no, Sahil Harriram and Nathan Ba rtlett.

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#1 Dominick Ng, Senior Software Engineer at Google Home town: Scone, NSW

From horse paddocks to high-rise apartments, there are many ways to plug into coding

I never did programming at school, having grown up in a small town in country NSW. After finishing school in 2006, moving to the city was a big adjustment. I decided to do a computer science degree at the University of Sydney. The first few years were challenging, but I put in the effort to learn what was needed and asked for help when I needed it as well. Now, I’m a senior software engineer at Google, working to make Chrome the best platform for developers. There are billions of people who are coming online for the first time in countries like India, but they’re on slower networks. Since the web is the best way for these people to connect online, my team is working to let developers create websites that behave like apps – giving users the benefits of apps in a smaller package. I feel privileged to be where I am now, particularly since I had no background in programming before uni. It goes to show that with enough hard work, you can go from anywhere – even a country town – to working for one of the coolest tech companies in the world.

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#2 LIAM CARNEY, INTERN AT TELSTRA Home town: Armidale, NSW When Liam Carney first arrived at his Telstra internship in Sydney, he raised eyebrows for completing his work too quickly. “I was given a task and I finished it in 20 minutes by writing some code,” he says. “It was supposed to take me two weeks.” However, Liam decided that corporate life in the city was not for him – he’s much more comfortable living the laid-back lifestyle in Armidale, NSW, where he’s studying a Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of New England. Liam chose Armidale over big city life for its lifestyle and location, but also because the small city is fully NBN fibred and has a vibrant tech culture that is proving a fertile ground for innovative start-ups. Rural areas are ripe for technical innovation, he says. At a recent hackathon called Agmentation, run by

the University of New England SMART Region Incubator, Liam and other students set to work on agricultural challenges, such as automatically detecting and responding to quad bike flips, and networking farms that span across tens of thousands of hectares. The country is also a great place to run an online business, says Liam. He found his skills were in high demand and now has a business partner based in Thailand. Their projects range from smart LED wearables for police to finding ways to reduce wastage in jewellery manufacturing offcuts. An endless curiosity seems to drive most of Liam’s decisions. “When I was 12, my grandfather gave me three books – How Things Work, Volumes 1, 2 and 3,” he says. “I finished them in a few weeks.” And he’s been figuring stuff out ever since. – Chloe Walker

Bachelor of Computer Science, University of New England Intern, Telstra

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#3 MICHAEL WALMSLEY, FOUNDER of CODE AVENGERS Home town: Waikato, NZ

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Founder, Code Avengers

It was cricket that sparked the idea for Code Avengers, an online education company that teaches people to code. The brainchild of Michael Walmsley, the concept was formed when he asked his brother (who couldn’t code) to help develop some online cricket scoring software. “I pointed my brother to different resources on the web and he found them boring,” Michael says. It was then that Walmsley realised the online market was lacking fun courses to teach code. At the time, Michael was finishing his PhD at the University of Waikato, so he decided to focus on Code Avengers. “Now well over a million students all around the world have used our courses,” he says. Michael says it’s extremely satisfying to meet computer science graduates who first learnt to code five or six years ago on Code Avengers. “I wanted to be innovative, try and push new ground, and have the biggest impact I possibly could with the time that I have here on this earth,” Michael enthuses. – Ruth Beran

Tom Lochore’s Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences with Honours degree has set him up on the path to his dream job and a successful career in the IT industry. Tom works as a Project Manager at Datacom, an IT services company, where his job is not just about computer science, it’s about bringing value to people and creating real-world results. “I get really invested in the outcome of my work and I love making a positive difference in people’s lives.” “The practical elements of the University of Waikato’s course really helped prepare me for the work I would later do in the industry. I recommend students get involved with Waikato’s Summer Research Scholarships because they give you great work experience.” Visit waikato.ac.nz/go/computerscience to apply to start study in 2018.

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#4 John Mills, WiseTech Global Home town: Sydney, NSW While at high school, I worked casually at KFC for five years – this gave me great teamwork experience, but when I was growing up I always wanted to get into video game development and design. While in uni, I joined the BiG IT Society where I met a lot of people who also had a passion for tech. From there I was introduced to the ACS Foundation and that’s where I got my first job in the IT industry, organising and hosting the BiG Day In events. After a year at the ACS Foundation, I wanted to have some more technical experience so I applied for a job as a developer at WiseTech Global, working on its logistics software, CargoWise One. My advice to students who want to learn CS is to play around with it; try writing applications or games in your spare time. There are so many resources and tutorials online that you can take advantage of.

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#5 Hannah Craighead, Victoria University of Wellington Home town: Blenheim, NZ Hannah Craighead will have an enviable problem when she graduates with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Software. “There’s too many things that I could do!” she says. She has already interned at Google (twice!); tutored at Victoria University of Wellington; and completed a stint at Snapper, a contactless smartcard ticketing systems company. “My dream job would be to work on Google Translate,” says Hannah, who has a passion for languages, having studied French and linguistics. And she will soon be off to South Korea as part of her Google Women Techmakers Scholarship. Her advice to others in software engineering? Apply for everything. “You won’t get them all, but you don’t get the ones you don’t apply for.” – Ruth Beran

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#6 MEGAN DYKE, Deloitte Home town: Gippsland, Vic Careers rarely follow a straight line. It’s important to embrace every opportunity you can to find out what you enjoy, what’s important to you, and get a broad skill set. While at university I completed four holiday placements. One was at Deloitte, working in Technology Strategy and Architecture consulting – I’m currently working there on an IT sourcing project. It’s unlike anything I learnt at university, but still an opportunity to apply logical problem-solving. There are thousands of different CS jobs out there for you to choose. I encourage everyone to get as much hands-on experience as you can – it’s the best opportunity to learn and gain confidence. Bachelor of Engineering/ Commerce, Monash University

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Amazing careers in tech

1 Information architect

These non-coders make sure that you easily find the information you need on a website by structuring, labelling and organising content. Median pay: $132,686* Degree: Bachelor’s degree in IT or computer science CS used: Human-computer interaction

4 User interface (UI) designer From computers

to home appliance s, UI designers mak e sure that a device’s screen, buttons and icons are simple to use. Median pay: $67,3 03* Degree: Bachelo r degree in digital media, com munication or computer science CS used: Cognitiv e systems

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Animation draws on coding skills for future filmmaker Jessica D’Ali has a bright future ahead of her in movies

ess D’Ali says she’s been obsessed with animated films for as long as she can remember. Now she’s living the dream, learning digital animation skills at the UTS Animal Logic Academy, with mentors from the Australian studio that produced such hits as Happy Feet and The Lego Movie. Growing up, Jess always watched the ‘Behind the Scenes’ sections of her favourite movies. “When I got to Year 9, there was an IT elective that had a small section on animation, so I jumped at the chance,” she says. After school, Jess landed a place in UTS’s prestigious Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) Co-operative Scholarship, where she spent two semesters

interning in IT roles at Westpac and WiseTech Global. Then Jess heard about the partnership between UTS and Animal Logic to offer the industry-led Masters in Animation and Visualisation degree, and she knew it was her best chance to get into an industry she has always loved. She learnt to code and soon realised these new skills were intrinsic to the animation industry. Now, she’s working with animation artists to develop content for emerging augmented reality and virtual reality platforms like the Oculus Rift and the new Apple ARKit. “I hope to continue on to work in the film industry in animation and eventually I’d like to get into one of the big studios in America,” she says. Bachelor of internships at The BIT scholarship is a flagship Information Westpac and gy olo hn Tec program attracting high-calibre students eTech global e Wis tiv ra ope CoUTS , expecting an ATAR of 85+. Successful hip rs la Scho n Masters in Animatio students receive $49,500 (2017) over UTS and Visualisation, em y the three-year program. – Fran Molloy Animal Logic Acad

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online. Its answers – which rely on a kind of ‘fuzzy logic’ that see it frequently seguing into new conversational territory – are spookily on point. Take its attitude towards humanity. It so resembles a human in the way it processes information, that it has passed the ‘Turing test’ – the measure of how close AI is to human thought – made famous by the Blade Runner films.

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aunching a successful technology business is not just about perfecting your product – you also need to be able to sell the idea to investors and customers. For University of Melbourne students, Kailun Zhang, Kuan (Jack) Qian and Matilda Stevenson, their team’s business pitch was so effective that they represented Australia in the international finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition in Seattle earlier this year. The competition gives university students around the world the opportunity to test their pitching skills in front of company executives. Kailun and Jack, who are both studying the Master of Information Technology, worked with Matilda, a Bachelor of Science (Computing and Software Systems) student, to design and build their entry. The trio came up with the idea to connect food producers directly with consumers using mixed reality technology during a hackathon hosted by the university. Shoppers could scan items in the supermarket with their phones or virtual reality (VR) headwear, then an app, called SourceLink, would provide interactive information not included on the label, such as the story of how the product was made or additional health details. Users could also send feedback straight to the producer. Kailun says the Master of Information Technology course helped her prepare for the competition by honing

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her project management and teamwork skills. “There is a lot of group work in the course, which helps with things like communication skills and breaking a big task into smaller parts,” she says. “I had to learn a new platform very quickly for the hackathon, so it helped to learn from other students.” There are two parts to the international finals. The first is a technology showcase, where each team has a booth to demonstrate how their project works. The second part is the pitch, where they have a few minutes to convince the judges that their product could be the next big thing. “It was a great experience to learn about the other side – it’s not only about the technology,” says Jack. – Chloe Walker 42

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reaking computers, radios and remote-controlled cars might seem like a sure-fire way to annoy your family, right? Luckily, Samy Movassaghi, a telecommunication and computer science expert at CSIRO, has a very easygoing family. “From the age of 10, I caused a lot of damage around the house. I would take things apart because I wanted to understand how they worked,” she says. This desire to understand how things functioned and how different pieces of technology talk to one another has sparked an interesting career. After school, Samy studied electronics and telecommunications at university. She’s built a robot, taught herself to code and took part in hackathons. At the HealthHack Hackathon, Samy and her team designed a system that used sensors and machine learning to predict if a hospital patient was getting stressed.

And now, inspired by how fireflies can swarm together and communicate when it’s time to light up, Samy wants to design a network of sensors for the human body. Not ‘wearables’ but ‘insideables’ could be the way we all track our own health in the future. “These small sensors measure vitals like heart rate, blood sugar, blood pressure and communicate the collected data to a ‘central controller’, just like a brain,” she says. Sensors, artificial intelligence, machine learning may all sound pretty out there and technical. But Samy reckons anyone, especially girls, can get into computers and electronics. “I can understand that sometimes it feels scary to try something new like coding. But I remind the students that I teach to code, that everything takes time, like learning a new game such as soccer or volleyball.” – Claire Harris

Inspired by how fireflies communicate, Samy Movassaghi is now using that knowledge to help make us healthier.

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as many jobs as it technology is creating Ross Campbell. takes away, says PwC’s st rapid changes “We are seeing the mo r seen, much faster in work that we’ve eve olution,’’ he says. than in the industrial rev down to personal Ross reckons it comes xious or you can choice: you can get an truckload of get curious and grab the will bring. opportunities this shift cs will take “Automation and roboti cess-t ype work of away the mundane, pro and will free you calculating lot s of data on in new and up to use that informati s. dif ferent ways,’’ he say ay life is also ryd eve in ion cat AI appli l continue for really exciting and it wil generations to come. like play for “It’s almost going to be ts … working this generation of studen at doesn’t out what works and wh do with it,’’ and seeing what you can d says Ross. – Michele Tyd

A cute companion robot called ikki is being trialled in a number of children’s hospitals.

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What’s on? Here’s where to get your hands dirty in robotics, engineering and coding activities near you

1 FIRST Robotics Type: Event, competition Where: Global URL: Firstaustralia.org/programs/ first-robotics-competition/ What is it? FIRST Robotics is a wild ride through all of the areas that come together in computer science: from coding your own robot to communications, project management, media skills and engineering. With a focus on community, personal achievement, teamwork and gracious professionalism, it’s also an awesome opportunity to have more fun than you can poke a wireframe at.

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2 Techgirls are 3 Code.org Type: Online course superheroes Where: Online Type: Event, competition Where: Australia & New Zealand URL: Techgirlsaresuperheroes.org/ What is it? Girls-only teams compete to design and build apps that create community change. From matching job-hunting teens with pets to walk to facilitating reading reviews in schools, it’s an amazing program that lets you find your inner superpower. Code-tastic!

URL: Code.org What is it? Start learning to code right now with one of the fun courses designed for all ages. Learn from short video clips and work your way through the free lessons to complete the games and challenges. Already know a bit? Choose the accelerated course to speed through. Code.org aims to reach students of all backgrounds regardless of skill-level, and increase access for female and underrepresented minorities to computer science.

4 Hour of Code Type: Event, tutorial Where: Global URL: Code.org/learn What is it? Choose from hundreds of one-hour coding tutorials designed for all ages with familiar faces like Wonder Woman or characters from Star Wars. Hour of Code is held during Computer Science Education Week each year but anyone can take part or even host an event in their local community so keep an eye out for all sorts of fun coding activities. To host, simply choose your tutorial and an hour, and Hour of Code organises the rest – no coding knowledge required!

5 PC4G (Programming Challenge For Girls) Type: Event, competition Where: New Zealand (and Melbourne) URL: pc4g.org.nz/ What is it? PC4G is an annual one-day event to introduce junior high school girls (Year 10) to programming. Girls participate as teams of two. No experience is necessary, as PC4G events include tutorials, which teach you about the programming language, Alice, used in the competition.

6 iSTEM Type: Course Where: High schools in NSW URL: Meprogram.com.au/istem/ What is it? iSTEM is a subject developed for Year 9 and 10 students teaching science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in an integrated way. Real-world project and problem-based learning engages teams of students in areas such as aerospace and mechatronics and exposes them to technology, including 3D printers, virtual reality and drones. The elective is a School Developed Board Endorsed Course and is included on students’ academic record in NSW.

7 Careers with STEM Type: Magazine, plus much more Where: Online, print URL: CareerswithSTEM.com/ What is it? Be inspired to combine your passion with STEM to create an exciting career! Learn where science and engineering can take you, hear from people working on some of the most exciting and innovative projects across Australia and find out where you can learn more. Already waiting for the next mag? Stay up-to-date on the latest STEM news, hot career tips and online inspo by following the socials.

8 FIRST LEGO League Type: Event, competition Where: Australia, various URL: Firstaustralia.org/programs/ first-lego-league/ What is it? Compete in teams of up to 10 students to build, program and then compete with your robot to solve a real-world challenge. Each year the competition theme is based on a modern science and engineering problem, ranging from food safety and climate change to senior citizens and nanotechnology! Join teams from your area for a fun and exciting competition day to battle it out!

9 National Computer Science School Challenge Type: Event, competition Where: Australia, online URL: Groklearning.com/challenge/ What is it? Don’t know how to code yet? No worries. Learn to program as you compete online with other high school students across the country. If you think you’ve got the basics down give one of the harder or even mind-bendingly difficult challenges a go! Either way you’ll learn to code in Python and gain your computing superpower.

10 Australian STEM Video Game Challenge Type: Event, competition Where: Australia, online URL: Stemgames.org.au What is it? The national competition for students in Years 5-12 sees teams design and build their own working educational video game! It’s completely free and you can create your game in teams using whichever platform you like. Build it around the yearly STEM theme. Stuck for ideas? The themes come with plenty of starting points and inspiration so no excuses!

11 ICAS Digital Technologies Type: Competition, written Where: Australia URL: eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/subjects/ digital-technologies What is it? A multiple choice quiz that lets you put your tech knowledge to the test. Compete with students from

across the country in digital technology skills ranging from databases and networks to programming, spreadsheets and graphics.

12 Robogals Type: Competition, written Where: Global URL: Robogals.org/about/ who-what-why/ What is it? Robogals inspires primary to secondary school girls with free and fun engineering and technology workshops. The workshops are run by volunteers from local universities and young professionals, giving girls access to visible role models in the STEM fields. Visit the website to find your local chapter or keep an eye out for one of their regional programs.

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Study options Here are just some of the courses where you can study computer science and build skills in another field at the same time. This is a partial list; for up-to-date info go to CareerswithSTEM.com/degree-finder/

New Zealand CS + be creative Auckland University of Technology >>>Creative Technologies (Hons) University of Auckland >>>Music/Science University of Canterbury >>>Arts (Digital Humanities) University of Lincoln >>>Arts (Animation Hons) University of Otago >>>Arts (Computer Science) University of Waikato >>>Computer Graphic Design Victoria University of Wellington >>>Design Innovation

CS + make games and apps Auckland University of Technology >>> Computer and Information Sciences (Computational Intelligence) University of Lincoln >>>Science (Games Computing)

CS + work in law and business University of Auckland >>>Commerce/Science >>>Science/Laws (Hons) University of Canterbury >>> Commerce in Information Systems University of Otago >>> Commerce/Science (Information Science)

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Auckland University of Technology >>> Mathematical Sciences/ Science (Astronomy)

>Ara Institute >Bay of Plenty Polytechnic >Eastern Institute of Technology >Manukau Institute of Technology >Northland Polytechnic >Open Polytechnic >Otago Polytechnic >Tai Poutini Polytechnic >Whitireia Community Polytechnic > Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) > Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) > Universal College of Learning (UCOL) > Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) > Wellington Institute of Technology (Weltec) > Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) >Unitec New Zealand

Massey University >>>Science (Computer Science) University of Auckland >>>Computer Science >>>Information Systems University of Canterbury >>> Computer Science University of Waikato >>> Computing and Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science) Victoria University of Wellington >>>Science

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arts, visual arts, digital design… Australian Catholic University >>>Digital Media

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Australian National University >>>Software Engineering/Arts

University of Auckland >>>Software Engineering

Charles Darwin University >>> Creative Arts and Industries (New Media Design/IT)

University of Canterbury >>> Computer Engineering >>> Electrical and Electronic Engineering >>> Software Engineering University of Waikato >>> Engineering (Hons) (Software Engineering) Victoria University of Wellington >>>Engineering (Hons)

CQ University Australia >>>Digital Media Deakin University >>>Information Systems/Arts Griffith University >>>IT/Multimedia Murdoch University >>> Games Software Design and Production

QUT >>> Creative Industries/ Information Technology

University of South Australia >>> Information Technology (Games and Entertainment Design)

University of Tasmania >>> Economics/Information and Communication Technology

Southern Cross University >>>Media (Media Design)

University of the Sunshine Coast >>>Serious Games Design

Torrens University Australia >>> Digital Media (Interaction Design)

University of Wollongong >>> Computer Science (Multimedia and Game Development/ Mobile Computing)

University of Wollongong >>> Business & Information Technology (Hons)

University of Canberra >>>Web Design and Production University of Melbourne >>>Design (Digital Technologies)

Victoria University of Wellington >>>Interactive Media

University of Wollongong >>>Creative Arts/Computer Science

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UNSW Sydney >>> Computer Science & Digital Media University of Technology, Sydney >>> Information Technology Co-operative Scholarship Victoria University of Wellington >>>Creative Arts Industries Western Sydney University >>>Design and Technology

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design, software, interactivity… Australian National University >>> Software Engineering >>> Applied Data Analytics Charles Sturt University >>>CS (Games Programming) CQ University Australia >>> IT (Mobile Application Development and Security) Edith Cowan University >>>Design (Games and Interactivity) Federation University Australia >>> Information Technology (Games Development) Murdoch University >>> Science (Mobile/Web App Development) QUT >>> Business/Games and Interactive Environments >>> Games and Interactive Environments RMIT University >>> Information Technology (Games and Graphics Programming) Southern Cross University >>> Information Technology (Interactive Media) Torrens University Australia >>> Digital Media (3D Design and Animation) University of Melbourne >>> Science (Computing and Software Systems) University of Queensland >>> Information Technology (User Experience Design)

UNSW Business School >>>Commerce/Information Systems Victoria University of Wellington >>> IT (Network and Systems Computing) Western Sydney University >>>Information Systems

finance, management, systems development…

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Australian Catholic University >>>IT/Business Administration Australian National University >>>Information Technology/Law

Australian National University >>> Advanced Computing (Research and Development) >>>Information Technology

Charles Sturt University >>>IT (Business Services)

Charles Darwin University >>>Information Technology

CQ University Australia >>>Business (Information Systems)

Federation University Australia >>>Information Technology

Deakin University >>>Criminology/IT Security

Griffith University >>> Science/Information Technology

Edith Cowan University >>>Science (Cyber Security) Federation University Australia >>> Information Technology (Professional Practice)

physics, chemistry, mathematics…

La Trobe University >>>Information Technology Macquarie University >>> Science (Decision Science)

Flinders University >>> IT (Network and Cybersecurity Systems)

Monash University >>>Computer Science >>>Information Technology

James Cook University >>> Business (Business Intelligence & Information Systems)

Murdoch University >>> Science (Computer Science + Maths and Statistics)

La Trobe University >>>Commerce/Science >>>Laws/Science

QUT >>>Information Technology

Murdoch University >>> C yber Forensics and Information Security >>> Internetworking and Network Security QUT >>> Information Technology/Laws

RMIT University >>>Computer Science >>>Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology >>>Computer Science

Swinburne University of Technology >>> Information and Communication Technology

University of Adelaide >>>Computer Science >>> Computer Science (Advanced) >>> Mathematical and Computer Sciences

University of New England >>>Computer Science/Laws

University of Canberra >>>Information Technology

University of Newcastle >>> Information Technology/Business

University of Melbourne >>> Science (Computing and Software Systems) >>>Science (Data Science)

University of Notre Dame >>> Commerce/Communications & Media University of South Australia >>> Information Technology (Enterprise Business Solutions) University of Southern Queensland >>>Commerce/IT

University of New England >>> Computer Science (Data Science) University of Newcastle >>>Information Technology >>> Mathematics/Computer Science

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University of Queensland >>>Information Technology

Charles Darwin University >>>Software Engineering (Hons)

University of Queensland >>> Engineering (Hons) (Software)

University of South Australia >>>Information Technology

Charles Sturt University >>>IT (Network Eng)

University of Sydney >>> Computer Science and Technology >>>Information Technologies

Curtin University >>> Engineering (Electronic & Communication)/Science (CS)

University of South Australia >>> Information Technology (Software Development)

University of Technology, Sydney >>> Computing Science >>> Advanced Science (Advanced Materials and Data Science) >>>Science in Analytics

Edith Cowan University >>>Engineering (Mechatronics)

University of Sydney >>>Engineering (Hons) (Software)

Flinders University >>>Engineering (Software)

University of Tasmania >>>Engineering (Biomedical)

Griffith University >>>Engineering (Microelectronics)

University of Western Australia >>>Science (Engineering Science)

James Cook University >>> Engineering (Hons) (Electronic Systems & Internet of Things)

University of Wollongong >>> Engineering (Computer)

University of Western Australia >>>Science (Data Science) University of Wollongong >>>Computer Science & Science UNSW Sydney >>>Computer Science/Science Victoria University of Wellington >>>Science

CS + work in health

medical, bioinformatics, lab science… Australian National University >>> IT/Medical Science Deakin University >>> Information Systems/ Health Sciences James Cook University >>> Sport and Exercise Science RMIT University >>> Biomedical Science University of Wollongong >>>Health Informatics

CS + build or engineer robotics, systems, mechatronic… Australian National University >>>Software Engineering (Hons)

University of Southern Queensland >>>Engineering (Computer Systems)

UNSW Sydney >>>Bioinformatics Engineering >>>Computer Engineering >>>Software Engineering

Macquarie University >>>Engineering (Software) Monash University >>>Engineering (Hons)

CS + be a teacher

QUT >>> Engineering (Hons) (Computer and Software Systems)

Early childhood, primary, secondary… Flinders University >>> Computer Science (Teaching)

Swinburne University of Technology >>> Engineering (Hons) (Robotics and Mechatronics)

Macquarie University >>>Education/Science (Computing)

University of Adelaide >>> Engineering (Hons) (Software) University of Canberra >>> Engineering (Hons) (Network and Software Engineering)

Here’s a few colleges and TAFEs that also offer CS:

University of Melbourne >>> Science (Mechatronics Systems); Master of Engineering (Mechatronics) >>> Science (Computing and Software Systems) Master of Engineering (Software)

>ACIT >Box Hill Institute >Chisholm Institute >General Assembly >Holmesglen >Kangan Institute >Melbourne Institute of Technology >North Metropolitan TAFE >SAE Institute + TAFE NSW & SA

University of New England >>> Computer Science (Software Development)

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