Join an Association:

Create professional connections and align yourself with the field by becoming a member of a computer science association. Being a member can open doors for mentorship programs, career fairs, exclusive job postings, and networking events. Students also can get discounted membership pricing while they are students. Just to name a few:

• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) http://www.acm.org/

• “world’s largest educational and scientific computing society;” focused on advancing computing as a science and a profession.

• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) http://www.aaai.org/

• “nonprofit scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines.”

• Association for Women in Computing (AWC) http://www.awc-hq.org/home.html

• “one of the first professional organizations for women in computing” focused on “promoting the advancement of women in the computing professions.”

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) swe.org/ 

• “The Society of Women Engineers is the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology." 

• Computing Research Association http://cra.org/

• focus is “to enhance innovation by joining with industry, government and academia to strengthen research and advanced education in computing”

• IEEE Computer Society http://www.computer.org/

• “world's leading membership organization dedicated to computer science and technology”

• IEEE (Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) http://www.ieee.org/

• “world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology”

• IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) http://www.theiet.org/

• “To inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community, supporting technology innovation to meet the needs of society.”