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WHY YOU NEED TO CONSIDER A CAREER IN TECH

Tech is a new trend of the 21st century and a very flexible industry.

Some people will say tech is not for everyone, but how true? Ever thought of asking them why? Okay, I understand. Tech is not for everyone as not everyone will be a front end developer, UI/UX designer and the like, but believe it or leave it, the way the world is revolving so fast, everyone need to be technologically inclined.

Let consider this “As every responsible person, you really want to find your dream job irrespective of the courses you study in the university right?” The question here is do you have any skills because Jobs nowadays are so competitive.

More so, as a Nigerian student we all know the education system isn’t designed to prepare us for the real world out there, and it’s no longer news that there is no job out there even with your first or second class certificate.

A was chanced to attend this webinar where the quest speaker said “Your certificate only get you to the interview, your skills get you the job” hmm, isn’t that deep. Indeed, it’s. Below are some reason you should consider a career in tech.

THE WHY?

Day in, day out, the reason keep growing because the tech industry is also fast-raising.

q The Future is Tech

q It’s always in high demand

q Massive choice of career path

q Flexibility

q Fun

THE FUTURE IS TECH

Tech is the future and the Future is tech, so, we all have to be technologically inclined in this fast rising world.

It’s not something new that technology is taking over the future, everything we do revolve around technology. Believe it or leave it, we live, dive and whine in technology.

Some decades ago, if you want to do a video coverage, you need a camera man and a pilot to make his work easier and less time-consuming, but now tech has advance, all you need is just a drone and your work is done. And come to think of it, the way it’s advancing, things will surely change in some years to come. This alone gives you why you need to consider a career in tech.

IT’S ALWAYS IN HIGH DEMAND

The rate of it Evolvement increase it demand in the labour market

Table1

As discussed in the first why, how advancing tech is becoming, this alone make the demand for skills in tech so high. Virtually every industry and sector uses computer and others. So, for effective production, they are in need of tech professionals to work with. When you take a look at Table 1 you will see technology skills are really needed out there.

MASSIVE CHOICE OF CAREER

Technology as given great opportunity in choice of career path with a lot of specialization

Here are some :

Ø  Software developer

Ø  Mobile application developer

Ø  Data Scientist

Ø  UI/UX designer

Ø  Cloud Engineer

Ø  Front-end develop

Ø  Graphic designer

Ø  Data analyst

Ø  Digital marketer

Ø  Back-end developer

Ø  Software engineer

Ø  Programming and lot more

There are a lot of careers in tech, those mentioned above are just some out of it. And what is more exciting about career path in tech is that each path have a lot of specialization which you can look into. Isn’t that amazing?

Before proceeding to the next why, let take a look at this quote

“These days we have smartphone, smart cars, smart boards, smart everything but consider this, if Technology is getting smarter, does that means human are getting dumber?”

Let me hear what you think in the comment section.

FLEXIBILITY

“Technology Enable us to work every minute of every day from any place on the planet”

_Carl Honoree

As said by Carl honoree that is what tech gives you, a flexible working hour and more. It’s amazing right? Tech give no room for excuse like ‘oh! I’m a nursing mother I can’t work’ No that doesn’t matter when you have a career in tech, you will always have the opportunity to work as per your wish and satisfaction in as much as you will be able to deliver on time.

More so, you’ll be able to balance between work, social life, and martial life to anything without taking stress. Now the question is who wouldn’t want such a life. So, you need to reconsider and look into a career in tech.

Summarily, Technology give the opportunity to choose WHEN WHERE and HOW to do your job.

It offers high degree of mobility, i.e. it enables you to easily move from your jobs and companies.

Also, it helps you to achieve a bit of highly sought-after work-life balance you have been craving for.

FUN

Hey you are wondering why fun is among the why’s right? Smile

Take a look at what Albert Einstein said.

“Creativity is intelligence having fun”.

 Also, he said

“Having fun is the best way to learn”.

Probably thinking what this has got to do with fun in tech? Okay here is it

Technology offers opportunity from creativity to Innovation, given no room for boredom. Career in Tech is never boring in as much as you know what you are getting yourself into as tech will give you the avenue to learn and explore new this. Also, doing something you derive so much fun in gives you chance to work effectively and more productive. Believe me, if you find passion in what you do fun will come on its own free wheel.

So, this listed 5 are just some of the reason you should consider a career in tech, day by day, every second, minutes, and hours technology is fast raising given it tons of reasons to consider looking into it. And remember Tech is the Future, you really need to be technologically inclined.

Thank you.

Lawal Hassanat