Students create own career
Posted on July 6th, 2009 in College degree, Online Option
At age 22, of the University of Calgary, a student in Geomatics Engineering Waghray Justin has big plans to create their own jobs after the formation of a technology health.
The inventive student pursuing a biomedical specialization, with a double major in German, recently won the challenge of technology and innovation for students in Southern Alberta to develop a plug brain to reduce the risks When the neurosurgeons have to drill a hole in the skull to relieve the patient accumulation of blood.
As part of the competition, he created a company called Medical Solutions neurological dollars in 6000 the grand prize of seed capital and legal services. In a safe working environment, is a young entrepreneur Waghray closes on creating a job for himself.
“Many of my friends who have graduated in engineering this year, are active in the oil and gas,” he says. “I think it is good to have a greater economy of Calgary. A little (medical) devices that will not change, but seeing how many of my friends … I certainly like to avoid this route of getting a job of work. ”
This kind of entrepreneurial spirit and creative passion that events like STIC and ECA VenturePrize Business Plan Competition for students in other Waghray earned $ 2000, intended to recognize and encourage.
“Especially in this (work) is a relatively safe environment to bounce ideas,” said Becky Wong, director of business creation of the International University of technology, marketing technology and incubation of business center of the university and organizer of the STIC.
“If you’re looking to not work for someone else and be their own boss, with the price of money can really start something,” he said, adding that all competitors will valuable feedback to refine their business plan. make the most of its concepts.
The end result of this competition is something intangible. “With entrepreneurship you can not teach,” says Wong. “The only way they can do is do it.”
Darius Remesat, a chemical engineering student, is creating new opportunities for career after competing in the competitions and STIC TEC.
He works full time in the oil and gas industry as it works on his doctoral thesis part-time, but also sees possible guidelines for the training through his company, based on a product, he designed as part of his doctoral education.
“I wanted to take the knowledge gained during the thesis and turn it into a real product,” says Remesat. “I was using the PhD as a tool to examine the concept and framework of this concept into a product .
After five years of research, developed a software tool to improve the petroleum refining and improving the performance and profitability, called HOOK heavy bitumen key optimization.
“If everything was perfect, I love you to leave the day job and work full time to this,” says Remesat “but would be two or three years before starting to make the same money I make in my current work.
“You need to have financial stability.”
Gord entry STIC McKinlay, who won the TEC VenturePrize competition is based on an idea developed out of pure frustration.
The 29 years old, is studying a Masters in engineering and is responsible for his two dogs, while his wife at the University of Saskatchewan. He never could find a reliable and rapid transport cage when he had to travel in the short term.
“I found that it was not very often, I have a kennel on the phone the first time,” he says. “So you do not know if you have space and can take days to receive a call back, if you are a business is stressful not to know that your dog remains. ”
Thus, he developed a niche KennelSeek.com booking and management services. Care providers for pets in your web page to manage your reservations and daily activities at the same time.
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