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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
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Articles
- We fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made.
- You fired your top talent. I hope you’re happy.
- How to run a successful development process (even if you’re not technical)
- What is technical debt? And why does almost every startup have it?
- 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
- The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide