To usher in the start of summer and the end of another year of studies SUITS will be putting on its first ‘major’ event of 09, a Trivia Night at Manning Bar!

With different question sections, prizes, food and drink give-aways it should be a great night of fun and also a good chance for SUITS to get  the wider USYD community involved.

So if your free that night, definitely come down and join in!  Tickets are only $10 for access members or $15 for anyone else, this includes:

• 3 Drinks of choice (beer, wine, soft drinks or house spirits)
• Food on the night (huge amounts of pizza!)
• & Trivia Comp Entry!!

as well as:

• Winners of each section to receive a prize
• overall winners to receive a major prize which will be announced later in the week
• and student DJs to warm-up the bar from 5pm!

Tickets will be sold at the SUITS BBQ this Thursday and on the night and throughout the week in the IT Building during lunch times. If you know a SUITS executive you can also grab one through them!

Hope to see you there!

Register your interest at the facebook event here

We have had a great time this week, and thank you to everyone whom attended. This Macquarie sign is from the top of their new “activity-based” building at Shelley St. For those who missed out, it’s not like any other office buildings you’ve ever seen before. Keep an eye out for when SUITS runs another one of these extraordinary visits again perhaps next year!

I want to take this opportunity to thank Will from Google, Robyn from Atlassian and Larissa from our sponsor Optiver whom have worked with me throughout the time leading up. A special thanks goes to Anna from Macquarie because she has made our visit possible even at such short notice! They have put in so much effect to make this all possible, and it’s easy for this effort to go unnoticed.

I promised to make the photos available, and here it is after the break. I’ve only included low-res photos here, but feel free to click through to get to the full quality photos. The links and resources are also after the break.

Feedback. I’d love to know what you thought about this event. Send me an email with any thoughts or comments, in particular:

1. What did you get out of the day?
2. Which parts did you like best (and/or didn’t like), and why?
3. How can we make this event even better for next time?

Slides from the morning Google visit: http://sl.im/3axv

Some user groups:

• Sydney Google Technology User Group
  Next meeting on 6 Oct 09 @ Google
  Twitter: @sydney_gtug
• Google Wave Sydney User Group
  Meets @ Google
  Twitter: #gwsug
• SyPy (Sydney Python User Group)
  Meets @ Google
• Sydney Java User Group (SJUG)
  Next meeting on 8 Oct 09 @ Atlassian HQ

Thank you for those who’ve registered for our upcoming event “Discover your future in IT”! For those who haven’t yet registered, you’re too late because the registration is full!

Not to worry, because next Thursday 1 Oct 09 during the break, we’ll be heading up to Macquarie’s new building at Shelley Street between 12:00pm and 2:00pm.

This is a unique opportunity, because it’s quite a unique office. They call it an ‘activity based’ workplace, where you don’t see offices. There’s not even fixed workspaces!

Macquarie’s new building was featured on ABC Radio National’s By Design recently for its innovative design. You may listen to the audio recording of the program via ABC.

Check out the photo gallery, and register for this event below!

(image source: ABC)

Let’s take a look at your new executive team:

• President: Stephen Merity
• Vice President: Aaron Cowie
• Treasurer: Adam Petrovic
• Secretary: Karmen Chong
• Events coordinator: James Alexander
• Public relations: Simon Mattes
• Industry Liaison: Adam Gawronski
• Undergraduate representative: Luke Anderson
• Postgraduate Rep: (Unfilled – Let us know if you’re interested!)
• IT Officer: Greg Darke

We’ll all be looking forward to a bright and wonderful future for SUITS!

Come back at night at 6pm we’ll be having drinks at Manning Bar and a lot of fun. At around 6:30pm the Sydney Uni Band Comp will start up so stick around to enjoy it.

It’s true that Microsoft here in Australia doesn’t do much development work. But, did you know that Microsoft in Redmond, USA actually hires internationally?

Meet the company next Tuesday, 25 Aug 09 at UNSW K17 Seminar Room from 6pm to 7pm to find out how to get hired in a software development role with just your talent and passion for technology.

There’ll be free food, and bring your résumé along, to win a share of the prizes.

If you make it, flights to the US and other relocation costs is actually covered by Microsoft!

For those whom aren’t into making software, Microsoft has Marketing, Sales and Services intern and full-time positions here in Australia! Find out more about this on 26 Aug 09 from 1pm to 2pm at The Roundhouse, UNSW. Free food and prizes too!

Questions? Contact me (Attn: Industry Liaison) or Lisa (Microsoft International Recruiting) directly on lisabar@microsoft.com.

Attached: Software Development – Microsoft and  Business – Microsoft

ET

What is working in the ICT industry like? Find out for yourself as SUITS takes you on a journey to discover life at various companies in the Sydney CBD.

This year, we’ll be visiting our major sponsor Optiver, a finance company with a huge emphasis in IT. Good people is what makes everything come together as market makers in derivatives trading over Australian, Asian and European markets.

No journey is complete without visiting a software company. We’ll also be spending some time with Atlassian, an agile software development company that’s proud to be open and with “no bullshit”. They build collaboration and developer tools that’s useful and simply works.

Meanwhile, I’m trying to see if we can visit Macquarie Bank’s amazing new building at King Street Wharf, 1 Shelley Street, in the City!

Agenda and registration is after the break. If you have previously registered with me for the event before it’s been postponed, please re-register so that I can get a better understanding of your needs.

The agenda for the day is:

• 9:15am – Meet just outside Optiver
• 9:30am – A day in the life of a graduate at Optiver
• 11:35am – Atlassian: “no bullshit” software
• Lunch is provided by Atlassian – thank you!

What to wear for the day? Casual, regular uni style.

Use Google StreetView to see where we’re meeting in the morning. Basically just turn (uphill) into Grosvenor St from George street, and it’s be the building on your right. Just look for the Optiver logo.

The full event page is at http://suits.eventbrite.com/. Let me know if you have any problems.

ET

Urgent Notice: This event has has been postponed to the mid-semester break, 29 September, 2009.

Sorry guys, I’m pushing this back a bit because I didn’t quite get the numbers I was expecting. (Why do people go on holidays during the break?) The reason why I’d like this to be more accessible to everyone is because all of Optiver and Atlassian and Google have put in so much to make this a wonderful day, and I would like to share his opportunity with as many people as possible.

So, I’ll keep you updated with any news about this event via Facebook and the SUITS Newsletter and you can keep track of SUITS events via our Google calendar, which you’ll find on our website, http://www.suits.org.au/

By the way, if you’re not getting the newsletters you can let our IT guy (Tim) know by email suits@it.usyd.edu.au

ET