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1. CAREER PATH IN
TECHNOLOGY
By William Kroye Dapper

2. The role of technology cannot be under emphasized in our everyday living. It has
disrupted how we live, how we behave and how we work. In a nutshell, the
computing industry is the fastest growing career field and this will continue to be
for a long while.
There is hardly any industry that has not felt the impact of technology. From
construction industry to legal to media houses that has not been revolutionized
by tech.
This disruption has increased the volume of young professionals and advertently
raised the bar of entry as many newcomers actually
think the tech sector is only reserved for people with coding knowledge.

3. Lawyers
Very few from the legal background actually know there is a place for them within this category. From
incorporating tech companies to drafting agreements and helping tech companies seal deals, the learned
people are welcomed to pitch their tent in this industry.
Sales
How would the tech products meet their final consumers without the help of sales experts? Are you good
in drafting creative copy such as ad copy or sales page, etc? Locate a tech company today and offer your
service.
Journalist/Bloggers:
There are several happenings within the tech establishments that needs to be
reported on daily basis. Every journalist and blogger needs to join the likes of
mashable, gizmodo, techcrunch now to spread this gospel of technology to
the layman.

4. Digital Marketers
Technical Writers
The job of a technical writer involves preparing instruction manuals, journal articles, and
other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information more
easily. They also develop, gather, and disseminate technical information among
customers, designers, and manufacturers. A technical writer needs to have a little
knowledge of grasping technological concepts and a bit of creative talents to
carry out his role.
Marketing in the information age is no longer what it seems to be.
Platforms like facebook, instagram, google ads, pinterest, linkedin
has changed this landscape and created a vast career
opportunity for anyone who wishes to join the bandwagon.
One interesting thing to know is that these platforms change their
algorithms for optimum performance which increases the need for digital marketers.

5. IT HelpDesk Technician
This is basically a support role. IT helpdesk technicians provide technical assistance and support for incoming
queries and issues related to computer systems, software, and hardware. They respond to queries either in
person or over the phone.
Animator
Animation is the art of making images that appear or come to life on screen. It features in all kinds of media,
from feature films to commercials, pop videos, computer games and websites. Creativity and storytelling
ability would be needed to execute this role efficiently.
Graphic Designers
Graphic designers create visual concepts, by hand or using computer software,
to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers. They
develop theoverall layout and production design for advertisements,
brochures, magazines, flyers, banners and corporate reports.

6. UI/UX Designers
Product Managers
Develops products by identifying potential products; conducting market
research; generating product requirements; determining specifications,
production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product
introduction; developing marketing strategies.
Gathering and evaluating user requirements, in collaboration with product managers and engineers.
Illustrating design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps.
Designing graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets.
Tech Recruiters
Are you into human resources management? People make up organizations and thus, dealing with
people are such a big deal. Well, you can switch and start sourcing talents for tech organizations.

7. Database Administrators
Database administrators (dbas) use specialized software to store and organize data.
The role may include capacity planning, installation, configuration, database design,
migration, performance monitoring, security, troubleshooting, as well as backup and
data recovery. Dbas are versed in a query language called structural query language
(SQL).
Data Analyst
A data analyst collects and stores data on sales numbers, market research, logistics, educational purposes,
linguistics, or other behaviors. They bring technical expertise to ensure the quality and accuracy of that
data, then process, design and present it in ways to help people, businesses, and organizations make
better decisions. Data analyst work with environments such as SPSS, tableau, etc.
Data Scientist
Data science is one of the fastest growing IT fields. A data scientist is someone who makes
value out of data. Such a person proactively fetches information from various sources
and analyzes it for better understanding about how the business performs, and builds
AI tools that automate certain processes within the company. Tools like hadoop,
python, and a vast knowledge of statistics etc. are used by data scientist.

8. Cyber Security Specialist
Mobile Application Developers
Mobiles phones are not going anywhere soon. This has increased the demand for mobile developers. They
use tools such as java, android studio, flutter, objective C, swift, etc.
Mobile developers learn the programming languages and software development
environment for their chosen platform.
Cyber security specialist is responsible for providing security during the
development stages of software systems, networks and data centers.
The professionals have to search for vulnerabilities and risks in
hardware and software. They manage and monitor any attacks and
intrusions.

9. Cloud Engineers
Many organizations around the world are looking to migrate
their servers from the traditional in house servers to cloud.
A cloud engineer is responsible for any technological duties
associated with cloud computing, including design, planning,
management, maintenance and support.
The cloud engineer position can be broken into multiple roles, including cloud architect, cloud software
engineer, cloud security engineer, cloud systems engineer and cloud network engineer. Each position focuses
on a specific type of cloud computing, rather than the technology as a whole.
Robotics Engineer
Robotics engineers are responsible for designing, testing, and building robots that are
productive and safe to operate as well as economical to purchase and maintain. These engineers use
computer-aided design and drafting, and computer-aided
manufacturing (CADD/CAM) systems to perform their tasks.
Web Analytics Specialist
The web analytics specialist is part of the digital media web analytics team, responsible for driving
deeper customer analytics and insights for the creative. Additionally, the web analytics specialist works
collaboratively to develop, scope and implement digital initiatives to drive conversion rate
optimization.

10. Web Developer
Search Engine Optimization Specialist
A search engine optimization specialist is responsible for analyzing, reviewing
and implementing websites that are optimized to be
picked up by search engines. SEO specialists conduct various
testing methods in design, layout and advertising
techniques in order to gain the most organic and
paid traffic.
A web developer is responsible for the coding, design and layout of a
website according to a company's specifications. As the role takes into
consideration user experience and function, a certain level of both
graphic design and computer
programming is necessary.

11. Network Administrator
Network administrators are responsible for maintaining computer networks
and solving any problems that may occur with them. Typical responsibilities
of the job include: installing and configuring computer networks and
systems, monitoring computer networks and systems to identify how
performance can be improved.
Video Game Designer
Game designers have duties like designing characters, levels, puzzles, art and animation. They may also write
code, using various computer programming languages. Depending on their career duties, they may also be
responsible for project management tasks and testing early versions of video games.
Project Manager
Determines project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and
performance standards; completing technical studies; preparing cost estimates. ... Maintains
project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities; resolving problems.

12. Network Architect
Network architect is a professional who takes care of communication networks, such as local area networks
(lans), wide area networks (wans), and intranets. They play a crucial role in creating, maintaining and
modifying an IP network's hardware, software and virtualized components.
Artificial Intelligence/Machine
Learning Engineer
An artificial intelligence engineer is someone who works on artificial
intelligence problems or technologies. These IT professionals are
part of a group that is in high demand as artificial intelligence and
machine learning take off in various parts of the IT industry.
Computer Hardware Engineer
Computer hardware engineers research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components such
as processors, circuit boards, memory devices, networks, and routers. By creating new directions in
computer hardware, these engineers create rapid
advancements in computer technology.

13. THANK YOU