Last week, 29 Marysville Mountain View IGNITE students attended Bellevue College IT Summit sponsored by the Center of Excellence for Information and Computing Technology. Students heard from a panel of speakers from Boeing, Best Buy, Bellevue College, Telligent, DreamBox Learning, and Microsoft. Students were able to network over breakfast and lunch with high school students from around Puget Sound. One of our MMVHS students walked away with the grand door prize – an Xbox 360 Kinect!
Comments from students included:
“LinkedIN.com – a great site for students to network and get introduced to potential employers”
“I was inspired to hear that even with no computer skills in high school, it is possible to enter into a college program that offers computer science or technology”
“I learned that all subjects in school teaches you how to learn”
“It is important to know how you learn best in high school”
“One must have a balanced lifestyle between family and work”
“A lot of people are involved in most tech projects”
“There is a variety of tech jobs – wiring, programming, marketing, and inventing”
“I want to win an XBOX 360 next year”
“The computer science and tech field is a social career – not just working alone”
“Networking to find a job is important and a person needs to be open to talking to all kinds of people”
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