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title: Working in Tech & Information Technology(IT)
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## Working in Tech and IT

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. 

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. 

### Computer Security

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.

### Examples of Tech-related jobs
- Software Developer
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Web Developer
- IT Manager
- Computer Systems Administrator
- Network Administrator
- Support Desk Engineer
- Security Engineer
- Infrastructure Support
- Help Desk Analyst
— Project manager


### 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)

[How to Win Friends & Influence People](https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034/)

[Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!](https://amzn.to/2veOjdv)

[Think Like a Programmer](https://www.nostarch.com/thinklikeaprogrammer)

[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/)

[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/)

[Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg](https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Women-Work-Will-Lead/dp/0385349947/)

### 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
[10 Books Python Developers should be reading - talkpython.fm](https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/130/10-books-python-developers-should-be-reading)

[Programming Throwdown - Good overview of multiple languages and concepts](https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/)

[Shop Talk: A Web Design and Development Podcast](https://shoptalkshow.com/)