Dreaming big with IT

For someone who has a knack for computers, 20-year-old final-year Bachelor of Science student Sam Stewart has found his feet.

“At school and at home I always enjoyed mucking around on computers but I didn’t really think I could make it my career,” he says.

He discovered the problem-solving element to computing while studying Informatics in his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Melbourne.

“I found I absolutely loved it,” he says. “Really good lecturers helped me to see computing as more than just a pastime.”

His knack for programming will stand him in good stead when he starts a graduate job at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a programmer.

“I got involved in the Melbourne University IT student society which has a great connection to industry. I did a summer internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers and it really opened some doors,” he says.

Mr Stewart will be working in the field of information security, in security-based assessment and the field known as ethical hacking.

“It’s great because I will be working with a range of clients. I love the idea of working where you have to stay on the cutting-edge.

 “I think it is a really stable future in terms of career options as there is such a massive scope in the field. I will be able to sample all of this during my scholarship.

“Studying IT at Melbourne has opened up my mind to career options in IT and into an exciting industry.”

For more information about IT offerings at Melbourne visit
msi.unimelb.edu.au