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Google engineer gives career tips to second-level students
John Looney is a site reliability engineer for Google Ireland. “What does that mean? Basically, if Google goes down, I fix it!,” he explains. At the Higher Options event in the RDS last week John...
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Talk to Ireland’s cybersecurity people
Computer networks are essential to business and society today, and cybersecurity is about protecting those networks from attacks and damage. People from Ireland’s cybersecurity industry meet at the...
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Get a school visit from a Web Summit star
Ever heard of YouTube, Skype, 4chan, Cut the Rope or Moshi Monsters? On 17 and 18 October the founders and chief executives of these companies and 200 other exciting tech companies will arrive in...
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Strong demand for IT people in Cork region
A good sign of the strong demand for skilled IT people in the Cork region is the new “Make IT in Cork” initiative. It aims to attract skilled professionals to work in the local technology sector –...
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Meet Technical Architect Simon Grant
Simon Grant, Senior Technical Architect at Trilogy Technologies, talks to us about his work What is your main role in your job? My job has two main elements. The first is consultancy and design around...
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Find out about careers in cybersecurity and computer forensics
Cybersecurity is an essential element of computer networks nowadays, and computer forensics involves working in data analysis and tracking intrusions into computer systems, while monitoring the...
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Video: Why coding is cool feat. will.i.am and Mark Zuckerberg
The non-profit foundation Code.Org has released a video starring Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, NBA All-Star Chris Bosh and Twitter creator, Jack Dorsey, among...
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A career in… computer science
Computer science involves the design and architecture of computers, the development of programmes and the effective construction of systems. Computer scientists research, develop and design computer...
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Meet software engineer Karl Stanley
The Friday interview: Science Ambassador Karl Stanley talks about how he chose his career, what his job is like, the cool things in his work, and his tips on work experience and what to study. Our...
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Meet sysadmin Stephen Church
The Friday interview: Science Ambassador Stephen Church is a newspaper systems administrator (sysadmin) and a director at Irish Micro Electronic Services. Here he talks about how he chose his career,...
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Career Stories: Jaime Buelta, software developer for DemonWare
Jaime Buelta is a software developer for DemonWare, who provide online software and services, such as game play statistics and data analytics for video games. DemonWare software powers some of the...
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Puzzle-loving secondary students of Ireland – the International Linguistics...
All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad 2014 Launch. Picture: Nick Bradshaw The search is on for champion puzzle solvers to represent Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Beijing in July. Four...
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Careers: Eoin Hurrell, Data Scientist
Each time you buy something on Amazon.com or watch a movie on Netflix, you are adding a little more information about yourself so, the next time you log on, there are personal recommendations. They...
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Career Stories: Dr Julie Doyle, Researcher in Smart Aging, Dundalk IT
Dr Julie Doyle, a research fellow at CASALA, is coming up with ways of making life better for older people. What is CASALA and what is your role? CASALA is an applied research centre based in Dundalk...
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Career Stories: Elaine Reynolds, Founder, Simteractive
Elaine Reynolds tells Smart Futures why she founded games company Simteractive. What is Simteractive? It’s the company I set up to develop casual, free-to-play simulation games. Games like SimCity and...
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Career Stories: Jack Nagle, Professional Services Manager, Verizon
Jack Nagle talks to Smart Futures about his career as a Professional Services Manager, in the IT Security Division of Verizon Enterprise Services. What are the main tasks, responsibilities and skills...
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