Technology is Ubiquitous

Ten years ago, I made the switch from studying general business management to computer science and have never looked back. While my business education serves as a solid foundation to build upon, my technical education and subsequent experience continues to pay dividends to this day.

I had graduated college in what was called the Great Recession into a declining economy where finding work was difficult. I made an educated bet that if I were to double down on something I was good at, learning, and chose a field that would continue to grow, technology, I would more likely find success in the job marketplace.

This is because I recognized that technology is ubiquitous. It is also constantly evolving. Therefore companies that deploy technology to remain competitive in the market will have a need for individuals who have specialized skills or domain knowledge they can leverage to meet their strategic business objectives. This does not imply that obtaining a degree in computer science was or is “easy”. It takes a lot of work and dedication to achieving the objective of knowledge and mastery, even for “smart kids”. However, once a certain level of competence is reached, the world opens up as you will see opportunities to leverage that hard earned knowledge for compensation.

Also, it is not necessary to complete a college degree to participate. The internet provides many avenues to gain knowledge and become relevant in this industry. There are other ways to prove your value and worth to an employer besides completing a degree program.

This trend will not change any time soon. At the moment, the crowd is obsessed with the future promises AI will bring to the workplace, however, it will take awhile to effectively realize those benefits. Don’t expect AI to setup and configure secure networks across local and cloud based environments any time soon. The complexity is too high, and the risk too large to trust robots to do this level of work. Regardless, when this does eventually occur, you will still need a human knowledgeable enough to verify the AI “did it’s job” to the standards required.

Therefore, if you have interest and the work ethic, the investment in a technical education should continue to pay dividends well into the future. There is a market for your skills, and they are in high demand. You may be surprised at how much the market can reward you for knowing how to solve sufficiently advanced technical problems that occur in companies regularly all over the world. I know I was.

Another point to consider, is that most people will not do the work to be able to get and keep one of these high paying technical jobs. It is either too difficult conceptually, or they simply do not want to spend the time “doing hard things” in order to earn the reward. There is job security in the laziness of others.

It may not be the easiest path, but if it was easy, wouldn’t everyone be doing it? Like tiktoks, lol.