A day in the life of a…
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER It ain’t all PCs and Python – the life of a software developer is a little more varied (and creative)
ding start building and cothe s on early! get your hand lable many resources avaiou p” online or start a gr
One of the coolest thing s about Emily’s role as a full-time Cloud Architec t is the variety of projects she gets to work on. She spends 9ish to 5ish solvin g major software issues – and is currently working on a tech-heavy capstone project while honing her communication and cus tomer-liaison skills. “I enjoy the problem-solvin g aspects [of my job] and being able to think creati vely,” she says. “The coo lest part is being able to learn something new every day .” Her advice to budding dev elopers? “Start building and coding early! Get you r hands on the many resources available onlin e or even start a group in your school,” she says. – Cassi e Steel
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erage work Here’s what an av ight look like: day for Emily m 9am logging into my
After a break, I continue the work I was doing in the morning either on developing projects, AWS certifications or theory stud y.
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day by I usually start my ssages to catch up on me ck Sla d emails an s! from my colleague
I need a brain break, so I hea d out with colleagues or to the kitchen for a quick snack or walk.
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S Tech U r our upcoming AW I then do work fo I’m s , or on any project capstone project rvices. se S’ re about AW building to learn mo
The afternoons are usually tim e for me to complete whatever I was working on ear lier in the day, if I don’t have any catch-ups with colleagues.
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Bachelor of Creative Industries (screen content production) / Bachelor of IT (Computer Science), QUT
KPMG, Research Developer
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f you’re sold on a next-gen tech role, getting skilled up in software developm ent is a seriously smart career move. You can lan d a job creating platform s for clients across almost every industry – Healt h! Tech! Retail! Education! – and with the widening skill gap, there’s no shortage of jobs. For QU T graduate Emily Chang, a double degree in Creative Industries (Sc reen Content Production ) and IT (Computer Scien ce) encouraged her to be equal parts creative and analy tical. While at uni she worked in the tax team at KPMG , then as a developer at Ac centure, and was eventu ally recruited – via LinkedIn DMs – to a graduate role at tech giants Amazon We b Ser vices (AWS). “The resources and sup port AWS invests into graduates has made AW S a stand-out role for me ,” she says. “The goa l is for us to be well equipped with the knowledge and skills to start working direct ly wi th customers and partners .”
Cloud Architect, AWS
emily chang Cloud architect
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