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Updated the title to include Information Technology (IT) (#19902) Since "Information Technology" or IT is still frequently used, especially by larger organizations who have "IT Departments" it is important to help younger users realize that IT is also common terminology. Thanks for considering!
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title: Working in Tech & Information Technology(IT)
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## Working in Tech and IT
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A wide variety of technology-related fields such as web development, design, data science, infrastructure support, information security, and product management are often lumped into the catch-all term "tech" or IT.
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This section will focus on additional career challenges faced by under-represented minorities and people from non-traditional education backgrounds. Specific topis will include sexism and ageism, which have been particularly prevalent in certain industries and organizations.
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### Computer Security
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The field of computer security is growing at a rapid rate every year. A recent report estimates that by 2021, 3.5 million jobs in computer security will be unfilled. The demand is due to the ever-increasing amount of valuable data being created every day that must be kept safe and secure from cyber attacks.
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### Examples of Tech-related jobs
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- Software Developer
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Web Developer
- IT Manager
- Computer Systems Administrator
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- Network Administrator
- Support Desk Engineer
- Security Engineer
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- Infrastructure Support
- Help Desk Analyst
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— Project manager
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### Books
[About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design](https://amzn.to/2uwtugk)
[Thinking in Systems: A Primer](https://amzn.to/2u6FbJF)
[Thinking, Fast and Slow](https://amzn.to/2tnnlTN)
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[How to Win Friends & Influence People](https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034/)
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[Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!](https://amzn.to/2veOjdv)
[Think Like a Programmer](https://www.nostarch.com/thinklikeaprogrammer)
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[The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering](https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959)
[The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master](https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X)
[Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship](https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882/)
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[Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented-ebook/dp/B000SEIBB8)
[Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions](https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850/)
[Introduction to Algorithms](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844)
[Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products](https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788/)
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[Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg](https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Women-Work-Will-Lead/dp/0385349947/)
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### Articles
* [We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made.](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best-decision-we-ever-made-4c0a99728fde)
* [You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy.](https://medium.com/@deusexmachina667/you-fired-your-top-talent-i-hope-youre-happy-cf57c41183dd)
* [How to run a successful development process (even if you’re not technical)](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-run-a-successful-development-process-even-if-youre-not-technical-185d0558c89a)
* [What is technical debt? And why does almost every startup have it?](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-is-technical-debt-and-why-do-most-startups-have-it-9a54458daabf)
* [How you can land a 6-figure job In tech with no connections — tips that got me job offers from Google and other tech giants](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-you-can-land-a-6-figure-job-in-tech-with-no-connections-6eed0de26ea4)
* [The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide](https://simpleprogrammer.com/products/careerguide/)
### Podcasts
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- [10 Books Python Developers should be reading - talkpython.fm](https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/130/10-books-python-developers-should-be-reading)
- [This week in Google](https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google)
- [Programming Throwdown - Good overview of multiple languages and concepts](https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/)
- [Shop Talk: A Web Design and Development Podcast](https://shoptalkshow.com/)
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