There is a number of emails hitting our inbox of info@industryconnect.org asking "Do you give me an IT/software job" We want to help anyone, but those who ask this question, we worry about the mindset towards professional employment. What is a professional job? A professional job is determined by the level of learning required. Concerns [...]
Sunitha used to work as a manual tester. At the time, she needed to choose between career and family. She decided to devote herself to the family. Ten years later, Sunitha found it is time to get back to the workforce, not only it will provide an extra income stream for the family, and professional [...]
After the in-demand tech training sessions at Industry Connect, Kriska worked on the commercial project mentored by the team at MVP Studio. Kriska has got everything she needed for a software developer job, however, the journey wasn't that smooth as she still gets rejections. We sat down with her and analysed her issues, and it [...]
Ryan is a computer science student, he is currently still in his final year of study. He came to Industry Connect early 2019 doing software job-ready program. His goal is to learn industrial tech skills where he does not have that perspective in the uni. Also, he wants to participate in the real world project [...]
Data is the new oil, and data is the new currency. Yes, data play a big role now. Inevitably, the data analyst role is in-demand in the IT market. As a data analyst, you should stay on top of data with skills to gather data, clean data, transform data and visualise data. Usually, the outcomes [...]
The Industry Connect software development boot camp is aimed at international students who have graduated with qualifications in IT, either as a software developer or software testers. The boot camp covers both technical and soft skills, and seeks to prepare participants to be fully job-ready by the end. After the boot camp, a networking event [...]
What is blockchain or Decentralisation Blockchain (Decentralised solution) is the database storing transactions, it is not just hosted on one server, it is hosted in all the participants' computers and each is called a node. If one node is gone, no worries, there will be other nodes. Blockchain is the technology of implementing decentralisation model. [...]
What Blockchain is a set of distributed databases running on different computers a.k.a. Node. If something is stored on the blockchain (various computers), it is perpetual and not-destroy-able. Blockchain has very sophisticated algorithms to prove data/transactions to be stored on the chain, The goal is to ensure its validity and integrity. Why Blockchain mechanism (Decentralisation) [...]
A couple of days ago, I asked you what were your biggest pains, frustrations and challenges in finding a software development, testing or data analytics job right now. Thank you for your feedback. I received over 100 replies! During this week I have read all of the responses, many of which were very comprehensive and [...]
Following my last article, where I talked about what to put on your CV, I got asked to describe more about my comment regarding having a 'confident, professional tone'. I want to dig into this a bit more as it is often misunderstood. It is quite difficult for people who are not experienced within the [...]
