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? h c e t n i k r o Wanna w Start here! Resources for wherever you are on your tech journey
At school
h what you A future tech career starts wit attention in learn at school, so pay extra can choose maths and science. When you k about the electives in Year 11 and 12, thin r dream job: ones that will help you land you log y • Applied information techno • Computer science • Design and technolog y ies • Digital solutions / technolog • Engineering studies technolog y • Information and processes pment • Sof tware design and develo after-school Also see if your school has an eclubau.org coding club. Have a look at cod re deets. and codecamp.com.au for mo
On the weekend
Tech experts always stay on top of the latest developments in their industry. Get into this mindset even before you have the gig with some at-home learnin g. Wanna be a game developer ? Keep your eye out for comps like the Australian Video Game Challen ge: stemgames.org.au Keen on computer science? Learn it in 1000 YouTube vid eos thanks to the clever peeps at Laconic Machine learning: bit.ly/learn-CS-Yo uTube
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How about cyber security? The Australian Computing Aca demy has a bunch of free challenges over at aca.edu.au/resources
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