Technologies That Will Shape Your IT Career

Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning and Deep learning are hyped areas of computer science. There are so many other areas of computer science and software engineering that people are not even aware of. People may eventually become average machine learning specialists, but you will remain an expert in software development if you are focused and create a niche for yourself. When those machine learning technologies mature, they will seek experts like you to write production code, publish and maintain them. Even today, not every software development activity is related to ML. This blog aims to help potential software developers to choose such technologies that have a futuristic scope.

• Computer Software
• Cloud Computing
• Web Development
• Blockchain
• Cyber Security
• DevOps
• Angular and React

Computer Software

It is difficult for everyone to imagine life without mobile phones, electricity, healthcare facilities, or any crucial sector that keeps our lives and economy functioning. Now with technology emerging out as an inevitable necessity, it is time for software developers to come into play and operate computer programs to make electronic devices function smoothly.

This job typically involves developing and optimizing computer systems or computer applications software. The job domains include programmers, hardware administrators, network specialists and system testers. Greater skills will be required of developers as computer technology becomes more advanced.

TIP: Learn Containers (Docker and Kubernetes), Data Structures and Algorithm (array, linked list, map), UNIX, SQL, Java/ Python etc.

Cloud Computing

“Service at a click” is what the cloud is all about. Today almost everything is available on the cloud. One of the most basic example that even you are using cloud services is when you created your first Gmail account in the last decade. Cloud computing has become mainstream with major players AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform dominating the market. The adoption of cloud computing is still growing, as more and more businesses migrate to a cloud solution.

Roles specific to this domain, such as Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Architect, Cloud Enterprise Architect, and Cloud Software Engineer, are in massive demand according to a report.

TIP: Learn to use cloud computing platforms like GCP, AWS or Azure. If possible try to get a certification from reputed institutes.

Web Development

With the tremendous progress in the launch of websites, people who can create exemplary designs and platforms for their online presence is what businesses are searching for. Web developers and designers are bringing in all the best of their technical expertise and skills to develop unique design websites that are and capable of pulling the crowd.

Most web developers and designers are familiar with the latest tools, techniques, technologies, and frameworks that will help them get beautiful sites up in a short period. The development time of websites has come down with the agile technologies that make development easier.

TIP: Learn WordPress, frontend frameworks available and be updated with the latest versions. Join Web Developer communities and explore works done by other web developers.

Blockchain

Although most people think of blockchain technology concerning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, blockchain offers security that is useful in many other ways. In the simplest of terms, blockchain can be described as data you can only add to, not take away from or change. Hence the term “chain” because you’re making a chain of data. Not being able to change the previous blocks is what makes it so secure. Also, blockchains are consensus-driven, so no one entity can take control of the data. With blockchain, you don’t need a trusted third party to oversee or validate transactions.

Blockchain is intensively used in the finance sector, that it is now also being applied in banking, finance, media, publishing, and healthcare software development.

TIP: Learn programming languages, the fundamentals of OOPS, flat and relational databases, data structures, web app development, and networking. After completing the basics then go for a blockchain course.

Cyber Security

Cybersecurity is evolving just as other technologies are. The malevolent hackers who are trying to illegally access data are not going to give up any time soon, and they will continue to find ways to get through even the toughest security measures. As long as we have hackers, cybersecurity will remain a trending technology because it will constantly evolve to defend against those hackers.

You must note that however challenging the field is it also offers lucrative incomes, and roles can range from the ethical hacker to security engineer to Chief Security Officer, offering a promising career path for someone who wants to get into and stick with this evergreen trending technology.

TIP: Learn Security and networking foundations, Logging and monitoring procedures, Network defense tactics, Cryptography and access management practices, Web application security techniques etc.

DevOps

DevOps is not a technology, but a methodology. DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops). It aims to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. DevOps is complementary with Agile software development, several DevOps aspects came from Agile methodology.

DevOps is currently in high demand, with no signs of slowing down. According to the State of DevOps Report, organizations using DevOps practices could deploy code up to 30 times more frequently than their competitors.

TIP: Learn Programming languages like Java, Python, or C++, Linux Fundamentals, Source Code management tools like Git and CVS, Automation with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, Cloud service providers and their basic applications.

Angular and React

In today’s world of digital impressions, future business needs to set up an appealing persona. That is possible with the help of a functional and interactive web portal or website. Not prioritizing web appearance can become a lack of business opportunities because clients drift away. After all, a website is a key to symbolize brand name and value. Moreover, you have the chance to build an amazingly engaging website using front-end frameworks.

Angular and React are JavaScript based Frameworks for creating modern web applications. Using React and Angular one can create a highly modular web app. So, you don’t need to go through a lot of changes in your codebase for adding a new feature. Angular and React also allows you to create a native mobile application with the same JS, CSS & HTML knowledge. It is an open-source library with highly active community support.

TIP: Take a course on any of the frontend frameworks. Keep yourself updated with the latest versions. Design your project.

Conclusion

Programming languages have different syntax and format, and occasionally approaches, but good programmers have the flexibility to at least read code in another language and get the gist of what it’s trying to do. Once you are a good programmer in one language, then invest the effort to learn other languages. It not only makes you more appealing to employers but gives you the flexibility to be able to determine which language or approach may be better to address a particular task.

Come up with an idea for a program that you’d like to create, figure out a design, and implement it. If it seems useful, perhaps even make it available through an app store or something similar.

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