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Summer of Tech has impacted 2,898 talented individuals embarking on tech careers in 2024. 1,034 students and graduates attended 78 free events, and 132 were hired into tech internships and grad roles. Discover more insights into our 2024 programme.
2024 has seen huge student engagement, a super-sized volunteer crew, and very low job numbers. We took a deep dive into the data for our first 100 placements this year, showing markedly different hiring trends for new tech talent.
80% of New Zealand graduates have little or no confidence in their job prospects, according to a recent survey. What a waste of talent, potential, and social investment. Under-investing in interns and grads will have ripple effects for decades to come, NOW is the time to grow our future.
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Candidate resources
We have a range of bootcamps across various topics, so it can be a little daunting to figure out which one to attend. Bootcamps will teach you to be successful when you start your first job.
Want to know what skills employers think are important? We’ve looked at and listed all the key skills across all the jobs from 2022.
Four reasons why you should attend bootcamps. Here are four reasons why you should attend Summer of Tech bootcamps.
Volunteer Resource - Andrew Barret’s CV Review Protips
We asked Summer of Tech volunteer and CV reviewer Andrew Barret, a Principal Engineer at WiseAlpha, for some top tips on acing your CV and advice for future CV reviewers.
Student Story - Annie Foote
Annie Foote is a second-year student studying a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in Cyber Engineering at Victoria University. At the end of her first year in 2022, she landed a Security internship at Helix Security Services.
Courteney's Story - LGBTQI+ and Neurodivergence In Aotearoa’s Tech Industry
Courteney is one of our talented Summer of Tech mentors (and 2017 alumni) who we recently caught up to discuss LGBTQI+ and neurodivergence in tech. Now a Power Platform Functional Consultant at Datacom, she generously shares her experience and advice with us about identity disclosure and how to ask for support at work.
Curiosity to a career in tech, supporting rangatahi into the industry
Here’s Ryan Bircham's story, he’s a Software Engineer at Whip Around and a Alumni turned Volunteer at Summer of Tech.
What's Next and Maximising Your New Experiences After Summer with Momentum Recruitment
Momentum Recruitment, ran a bootcamp on what's next and maximising your new experiences after summer for the 2022 cohort.
BNZ's Approach to Supporting and Embracing Colleague Wellbeing
BNZ shares their approach to supporting and embracing colleague wellbeing. Discover how Matt Oldfield and Catherine Harrison support employees with invisible disabilities.
SoT2022 Report
Summer of Tech has impacted 2,438 talented individuals embarking on tech careers in 2022. 2,225 students and graduates attended 84 free events and facilitated 372 career coaching sessions. Discover more insights into our 2022 programme.
Alumni Story - Khushi Chauhan
We met with Khushi Chauhan, a Senior Product Lead at Kiwi Bank and Summer of Tech alumni and volunteer. She shared the no.1 thing that she learned from her internship at ANZ as a developer in 2018, her career journey and advice for students entering the workforce.
Student Story - Sriram Jayaraman
We met with Sriram Jayaraman, who was keen to share his 2021 summer internship experience. He told us why he chose ZX Security and what he learned during the 2021 programme.
Making the Most Out of Your First Job in Tech with Momentum Recruitment
Our incredible partner, Momentum Recruitment, ran a bootcamp on how to make the most out of your first job in tech. Their talented technology recruiters, Bruce Batters, Chelsea Wallace and Lee-Anne Thomson shared their insights and discussed strategies for acing an internship or graduate placement.
Partner Bootcamp Highlights
In 2022, we are so grateful for the support of our partners in delivering 27 insightful and practical training sessions to over 622 attendees across Aotearoa, held in person and virtually. Read on to learn more about what was covered!
Student Story - Kristine Brooks
Kristine Brooks landed a UX/UI internship at Snapper last summer, and we met with her to find out how it was going in late 2021. She talked about the benefits of being in a group of interns and gave her take on the Summer of Tech programme.
Career Insights Panel with ANZ
This bootcamp was hosted by the amazing team at ANZ: Grace Taikato, Chris Pidgeon, Rogan Frazer, Heather Firth and Lauren Halka. The panel delved into commonly asked questions about entering the tech industry.
Alumni Story - Miten Chauhan
We met with Miten Chauhan, an Intermediate Software Developer and Sales Engineer from SaferMe who also happens to be Summer of Tech alumni from 2016 and 2017. He shared how he’s grown in the tech industry, what he learnt from being a mentor, what his mentees taught him and gave advice on entering the field.
Employer Story - Cody Ellingham from Hortplus
When interns join the HortPlus team, they work on the MetWatch platform. We spoke with Cody Ellingham, Product Designer & Business Development at HortPlus, about the Summer of Tech programme and the difference interns make to their business.
Student Story - Radwan Rahman
Meet Radwan Rahman, a Computer Science student in Auckland who interned with CoGo in 2021 as a Graduate Engineer. We met with him to get the details on how his internship was going and he filled us in on why he chose CoGo, what he learned from his mentor and how he overcame imposter syndrome.
Employer Story - Chris Noldus from SaferMe
We caught up with Chris Noldus, the Chief Technology Officer at SafeMe and Summer of Code (Tech) Alumni last summer. He shared why he hires interns, the value of having them, the skills he looks for in a candidate and shares his top tip for interviews.
Meet & Greet Alumni Panel
Summer of Tech alumni talked with candidates about how they approached recruitment, what they wished they knew, and how to make the most of Meet & Greet.
Alumni Story - Jessica Taylor
In the summer of 2021, we met with Jessica Taylor, who landed a UX Design internship at ANZ. She shares with us the challenges of remote working, how she is supported by the team and her internship advice for students and graduates.
The Designers at Snapper
Our friends at Snapper show us how to do work culture and teamwork right. We met with two previous UX/UI design interns (circa 2021), Kristine Brooks and Wenjing Xie, who have since been promoted into the Grad programme.