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Enhancing EmployabilityThe Power of Sun

• developers.sun.com/students

Le Phan Huu Bang
Sun Campus Ambassador Coordinator Email
Huubang.Lephan_at_Sun.COM
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Sun Today

• Founded in 1982
• Over 33,000 employees globally
• Offices in 100 countries
• Nearly 2.0 billion a year in RD
• 4.8 billion in cash and securities
• 13.1 billion in worldwide revenues
• More than 3500 U.S. patents
• 184 on Fortune 500
• Over 500 interns globally
• Jonathan Schwartz, CEO

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• Hardware Engineer
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• Campus Ambassador

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Campus Ambassador Program

• Over 500 Campus Ambassadors Worldwide!
• Creating a vibrant student community
• Campus Ambassadors map and more info at
• developer.sun.com/students

Campus Ambassador of the Month Christopher
Leung University of Southern California Christophe
r is the founder and chair of Project
Possibility, a nonprofit, community service
project committed to creating groundbreaking open
source software for the disabled community.
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Open Source University Meetup (OSUM)
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Free TrainingSun Student Courses

• Free, Easy Training at
• http//www.sunstudentcourses.com/
• After the sessions today you will be well
  prepared to pass the available courses.
• Courses are
• Real World Technologies NetBeans GUI Builder,
  JRuby, JavaFX, and JavaME
• Introduction to Solaris and opensolaris.org
• Introduction to SunSPOTs
• Earn a certificate! Build your resume!

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More Free TrainingSun Academic Initiative

• The Sun Academic Initiative is a tool that offers
  FREE Sun Training for students and
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• Web scripting
• Open Source
• Mobile Java Development
• Beginner Java Training
• Operating Systems
• And much more...
• Sun Academic Initiative Links (for students and
  professors/teachers)
• Information http//www.sun.com/products-n-solutio
  ns/edu/programs/sai/
• Tool https//learningconnection.sun.com/
• General Sun Training Link (for all others)
• http//www.sun.com/training/index.xml

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Discounted Sun Certification for Every Student

• The Sun Academic Initiative tool offers students
  Sun certification vouchers so you can save up to
  60.
• Pick the certification and learning path that is
  right for you at
• http//www.sun.com/training/certification/index.x
  ml
• Why get certified?
• Sun Certified Developers earn on average 14.3
  more than the average certified application
  developer/programmer
• Sun Certified System Administrators earn on
  average 31 more than system administrators
  certified on other operating systems
• Build a more credible resume and build career
  skills
• How to get Sun certification vouchers
• Within the Sun Academic Initiative tool
  (https//learningconnection.sun.com/) you will
  find
• Certification Vouchers
• Free Practice Tests

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Sun Contests

• CodePoint 2008
• The 1st Greenfoot Coding Contest
• Project Darkstar Developer Challenge
• Participate with game logic and virtual world
  applications...
• Ricoh Java Developer Challenge
• Sun-Ericsson Application Competition
• Win US5,000!
• SunQuest Chronicles
• Dare to play Ruby of Destiny
• Student Reviews Contest
• Review MySQL and GlassFish for a chance to win
  money!

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Sun's Student Developer Portal

• http//developers.sun.com/students/
• Where to find
• The Latest Technologies
• Campus Ambassadors
• Job and Intern Opportunities
• Contests
• Free Training
• Sun Student Courses
• Sun Academic Initiative
• Sun Certification
• Open Source
• Sun Events
• And more....

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Join the Sun Developer Network

• SDN Membership Gives You
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• Participation in Sun Forums and SDN Share
• Access to technical content from JavaOne Online
• Discount on books, gear etc.

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Enhancing EmployabilityThe Power of Sun

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