Professional Persona

Learning Outcomes

Create a high quality professional persona

You can join and participate in two professional networks (LinkedIn, TechHui).
You can design and implement a high quality website providing a portfolio of your professional accomplishments and interests.

Create high quality technical essays

You demonstrate the ability to write professional-quality technical essays.

Readings

Guided tour of the professional persona module

Why, what, how, and when you will learn about professional personas.

Screencast 3 min

Concepts of a professional persona

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How to get an internship

The author had internships at Pixar, Google, and Two Sigma, and is now employed at Google. Here are his tips, including the importance of a professional portfolio.

Professional portfolio style guide

Guidelines for creating a usable and effective professional portfolio

Technical essay style guide

Guidelines for creating high quality technical essays

Software engineers should write

“The best software engineers are great writers because their prose is as logical and elegant as their code.”

ICS Portfolios

Dozens of portfolios created by ICS students just like you.

Assessments

A01: Assessment of your professional persona

Outcomes assessed: Create a high quality professional persona, Create high quality technical essays

This assessment evaluates your ability to define a professional persona consisting of a portfolio site, membership in professional networks, and technical essays that satisfy class standards.

Module: Professional Persona