Second Deerwalk Essay Competition 2013 The essay topics for the “Second Deerwalk Essay Competition 2013” have been finalized as follows. 1. Apple uses a proprietary OS (IOS) for the iPhone while competing companies like Samsung use an open source OS. Which do you think is better and why? In the past decade, we have seen iPhone become a global brand. They use their own proprietary OS called IOS. Off late the iconic IPhone is facing a serious competition from company like Samsung which uses open source OS. Which do you think is serving the best? 2. Imagine that you are a product manager at Facebook.

What sorts of features would you want to develop? Facebook is something you have now been using for quite some time. What features have you really been excited with? Assuming you are a product manager of the team, what other features would you be adding to it? 3. Explain how IT can make a difference at both the individual and macroeconomic level. At present and during your school days, you must have heard and been hearing quite a lot about how IT can make a difference, at a personal level to macroeconomic level? Tell us how is that possible from whatever understanding you have of IT thus far? . Which IT related subject would you really want to excel in and why? As we all know Software development is a very wide discipline where you can do lot of things. You can write programs that enable to automate lot of manual systems; you can create designs to make the websites really attractive or you can be a developer of games. Simply put, there is no limitation to what you can do in the field of software development. So, please let us know which particular aspect of software development really excites you so much that given the opportunity you would take up the course in future years. . Describe three mobile applications that have impressed you. Why? Name three popular mobile applications you have been really impressed with and why? You can only select one application from one category. (Example – You cannot have all three apps related to sports. ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------2nd Deerwalk Essay Competition: Essay Topics www. dwit. edu. np 4485425 FB: dwit. college 6. Describe three websites/applications that could help improve day-to-day life in Nepal.

You must have come across some of the sites/applications that is helping in our day to day lives. For example there is nepalbandh. com which lets you know about who called the bandh and for how many days it’s going to last. Likewise, you have ‘Nepali Patro’ which gives you a local calendar and load shedding application that gives you updated timetable about the load shedding schedule. Let’s imagine you become a highly proficient programmer one day and start building similar tools/ applications. Name three application/tools you will be building that will help the local population just like the ones mentioned in the example. . Do +2 Level curriculums encourage or discourage students to take up computer science? Explain your reasoning. The current curriculum of +2 levels really does not encourage people to take up computer science for various reasons. Do you agree with this statement? If yes, explain how? If No, explain how the course really encourages you to take this subject as a major subject in your higher level studies. 8. What software have you personally found most useful or most interesting? Be specific. Of all the various software you have used so far tell us which one have you found to be most interesting and most useful?

Please mention with examples? 9. How would your life be different without the IT/technological improvements of the past 20 years? There is no doubt that IT has completely changed the world. Thanks to the IT revolution, some of the most unimaginable things have become a reality. How has this revolution affected you personally? How do you think you would have been going on with day to day life if some of the things existent today were simply not there? 10. What is your opinion on the state of the software development industry in Nepal? Do you think it is on the right path or not?

You must have heard about lot of Nepali IT companies which are doing well from your relatives and teachers. They must have told you how some companies are working in projects which are specifically meant for continents like US and Europe. Based on whatever you have heard, share with us your understanding of the software development in Nepal? Also comment on whether it is on the right path or not? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------2nd Deerwalk Essay Competition: Essay Topics www. dwit. edu. np 4485425 FB: dwit. college