Key Takeaways:

Mission Statements

  • HP Inc: Create technology that makes life better for everyone, every where
  • Qualcomm: Investing the tech the world loves
    • Both mention that they want to create technology that makes life better for the world
  • Important skill to have in tech industry:
    • Continuous learning: Ability to learn new things and being able to adapt to changes.

  • It’s better to learn more things than to miss an opportunity because you think you aren’t good at something

  • Best people to work with: People who listen and translate what they learned to something that can fulfill the requirement

  • Biggest challenges of the tech industry (According to Kris Porter):
    • Interview problems can be very challenging
  • Coding skills:
    • Learning to code is a way of thinking and problem solving
    • Having coding skills allows you to think more methodically

  • At Qualcomm, roadmaps are used to map everything that is needed to be done for a project

  • DevOps engineers work on getting a program out to the public
    • Makes sure everything is secure and goes as planned

Reflection:

From the speakers Kathyleen Beveridge and Kris Porter I learned a lot about their background, what areas of tech they specialize in, and what they’ve learned over the years of working in tech. I learned that as a DevOps engineer, Kris porter focuses on deploying the software to the public and making updates when problems arise or when improvements can be made. I also learned about how Kathyleen Beveridge was responsible for organizing the project and making sure everything done meets the criteria and constraints as project management. Overall, I learned a lot about what working in a tech related job is really about.