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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
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- Computer Systems Analyst
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- Web Developer
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- IT Manager
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- Computer Systems Administrator
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- Network Administrator
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- Support Desk Engineer
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- Security Engineer
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— Project manager
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### Books
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[About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design](https://amzn.to/2uwtugk)
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[Thinking in Systems: A Primer](https://amzn.to/2u6FbJF)
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[Thinking, Fast and Slow](https://amzn.to/2tnnlTN)
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[Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!](https://amzn.to/2veOjdv)
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[Think Like a Programmer](https://www.nostarch.com/thinklikeaprogrammer)
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[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
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* [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)
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* [You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy.](https://medium.com/@deusexmachina667/you-fired-your-top-talent-i-hope-youre-happy-cf57c41183dd)
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* [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)
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* [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)
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* [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)
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* [The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide](https://simpleprogrammer.com/products/careerguide/)
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### 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)
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[Programming Throwdown - Good overview of multiple languages and concepts](https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/)
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[Shop Talk: A Web Design and Development Podcast](https://shoptalkshow.com/)
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