Thursday the 16th I and a few classmates attended the Baruch Hillel’s tech startup fair in the multipurpose room. The meat and potatoes of the event was a panel consisting of representatives of various tech startups that was organized by the Hillel. The event took me a bit by surprise, as I didn’t know it was being held until I stumbled into the line, but the speakers of the panel approached the audience like they were more than just students, and afterwards accepting cover sheets at their respective booths.
One of the focuses of the panel’s discussion was the pointlessness of creating a mobile app these days. They said that the market for mobile apps is very unforgiving and there’s an extremely high “buy-in” price for newcomers that is continuously rising. They drove the point home by quizzing the audience about their interactions with mobile apps today, making the case that while advertising for apps is at an all-time high, actual downloading of said apps is decreasing.
Funnily enough, another recurring discussion point was the uselessness of college, more specifically how all of the success they’ve achieved was directly from on-job experience.
Something else that came up was how successful bitcoin is doing, as at the time the price per coin was approaching $9000.
There were more than a few interesting companies that spoke at the panel, and most importantly the experience overall left me with a sense of confidence in Baruch’s ability as a school to help bring potential employment opportunities to its students. I definitely will head to more career fairs in the future.
