Unofficial Career Advisement for CIT/CS/CE and Accounting/IS/Finance Majors

Hello CSUN Discord and /r/CSUN CIT/CS/CE and Accounting/IS/Finance Majors,

My name is Bryan Hiransomboon and I am offering totally free “career advising” based on my personal experiences from my college experiences at community college, to eventually transferring to CSUN, and now that I am established in my career. My advising is only limited to students with majors or interests in careers in Business and Technology/Computer Science fields. When I was at CSUN I always felt like I lacked “real” career advisement – the combination of campus career counselors not knowing the industries they are supposed to be counseling for, lack of advisement/inspiration from faculty, and overall a lack of resources. I intend to bridge these gaps by providing an alternative service students can reach out to.

My background:

I went to CSUN for undergrad with a Computer Information Technology degree (graduated Spring 2018). Instead of pursuing something technical/computer-y, I wanted to align more to business and thus went the Management Consulting route at Deloitte Consulting. More recently, I am now a Product Manager at Apple.

Example topics I am passionate about:


 * Finding your passion/dream career (instead of settling for a job)


 * Working on personal projects outside of school you care about for related work experience


 * Salaries across many business and technology careers


 * The Big 4 Firms (and how at CSUN we are purposely not recruited for management consulting)


 * Management consulting as an industry and what projects you can expect


 * Product management as an industry and what projects you can expect


 * Having low grades or feeling defeated as a CSUN student


 * The business world isn't just Tax, Audit, and Risk or Back Office Finance
 * CIT/CS/CE can make it to big tech companies also

Why do I do this?

I’ve always felt annoyed that as a CSUN student in the business and CS/CIT departments that everything just sucks – problematic classes, career advisement, lack of inspiration/passion from faculty, student to student mentorship (and not just within a club/cliques bubble), etc. I feel like I can do my part in this way to at the very least make some sort of positive change. I also want to be a leader in my own community, and this is a perfect medium for me to do so. Lets chat!

There are multiple ways you can reach out to me, including:

CSUN Discord’s Voice 3 Channel (preferred): https://discord.gg/t4Mw8m3

Note: I hang out or idle in the Voice 3 channel or the #Bookstein and #Jacaranda text channels. You can directly “@bhiranso” me to get my attention. I also encourage people to chat on Voice, mainly to also work on networking and speaking

LinkedIn DMs: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhiranso/

Discord DMs

A lot of this is ad hoc and dependent on my availability, however, if you send me a chat, I’ll do my best to give a response. A lot of my advisement/takes are better done justice over voice rather than chat since it's more of a fluid conversation than a specific Q&A. I will prioritize those who make time to get on the Voice 3 channel.

Check out my WIP Unofficial Jacaranda and Bookstein Careers Flowchart: https://lucid.app/lucidchart/549dbf03-f752-4bcf-a5e0-5a8b2548513f/view?page=0_0#

Also, love to hear your thoughts or feedback on this thread as well, thanks!