Or

“What I Wish Someone Had Told Me 15 Years Ago”

Nolan Zak- 31, Grew Up in Vernon BC- Attended Okanagan College, bridged to Uvic- Have worked for myself, and at small and

large companies both private and government.

- Application Architect at BC Assessment Authority

- President Of Victoria .NET Developers Association

Winners never quit, and quitters never win, but those who never winand never quit are *%!#ing idiots

This is wheremost peopleend up

This is where you decide toquit or become an expert

Solid Career Choice

• Simulators & Video Games

• Bioinformatics• 3D Animation• Entrepreneur• Medical Modeling• Digital Film Production• Website Design• Data Warehouse• Trainer

• Artificial Intelligence

• System Design• Network

Architecture• Software

Engineering• Human-Computer

Interaction (HCI)• Medical Devices• Genome Mapping

When you try to replace skill with effort, there’s no limit to what you cannot do

Contract Work / Freelance Find work yourself Use a headhunter

Entrepreneur Start a business Products vs services

Continue Academia Degree, Masters, PhD Research & Teaching

OpportunityOpportunityOpportunity

• Business Analyst• Project Manager• User Experience Expert• Architect• Management• Consultant• Writer• Evangelist• Community Manager

www.twitter.com/nolanzak

- 10 to 12 cents per hour- Bomb shelter stability- Public IP (Internet visible)- Preconfigured machines- Scaling, monitoring, load balancing