You’re stuck in a monotonous rut at your nine to five job. You wake up in the morning saying, “I hate my job. I hate my job. I hate my job.” It continues as you get in the car and drive to work. You feel the hate as you sit there on your lunch break staring at your phone.
When you were asked as a child what you wanted to be when you grew up, did you even know about information technology? You may have heard the term “computer science” in school, but that was usually to learn about Microsoft Word.
We all go into the career field wondering if we’re going to love the job we have. Many people spend their whole lifetime and their whole career dreading their job or hating their boss, miserable till the day they retire, quit, or get fired.
On Wednesday, educational technology giant Skillsoft held their annual Perspectives Conference in a unique fashion. The conference, which took place in this unprecedented time of distance communication and quarantine, was held completely online from various locations.
The Information Technology (IT) field is vast, and it is growing every day. Companies now have gone from an IT guy to a team with IT skills. They are an entire network of individuals that work together to solve any IT issues their organization is having.
Wake up. Drive to work. Do your job. Go home. Go to bed. Start over again. This is a never-ending cycle that we all find ourselves in. You hate it. You feel trapped. “I hate coming to this building. I hate doing this work. I hate my boss. I hate my job. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.” These thoughts circle your mind like a hate-filled swarm of bees. Is your job the issue?
Wherever you find yourself in your career, whether you’re a bright-eyed college student looking for your first big job or already well established in the field, there is always room to grow and more to learn. Nowhere is this truer than the ever-changing field of Information Technology (IT). IT is at the center of the complex web of today’s online global economy and attracts tens of thousands of potential recruits every year.
To better understand what an IT Professional is, you should become familiar with the skills an IT Professional needs to be successful in the field.
From the first steps of entering a new career field to mid-life decision making for your career, there is always an open door for you to further your education. Sometimes, furthering your education may not be in the field of your original studies and here’s why.
In our previous blog post on starting your career in IT we discussed answers to common questions facing those seeking a career in IT. In this part of the series, we wanted to add to the suggestions, and give you an even bigger leg up on the competition.
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