7 Most Effective Strategies To Make Sure That IoT (Internet of Things) Accelerate Your Career
IoT (Internet of Things) market is huge and before Internet of Things becomes a mainstream phenomenon in 2020, you need to plan what is your organization doing about the skill gap? If you are a fresh graduate, what skills are you learning to make yourself future market relevant? Do you know how IoT (Internet of Things) is related to Big Data and Cloud Computing? Do you know how it can bring in all kids of innovations to your current product lifecycle; be it CRM, delivery or logistics.
Even if you are not into mainstream IT industry but holding some technology position in healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, skills in IoT can definitely lead to a big boost in your career graph. You can start slowly and learn all aspects of IoT (Internet of Things) and can come out as an IoT expert. Here are some learning strategies for IoT (Internet of Things) you should look into:-
High Level IOT Concepts If You Only Have A Few Minutes
Not a technical person, can’t read this 1000 words article, go ahead and watch these two videos to get some taste of IoT (Internet Of Things ) within a few minutes. Get some idea, explore how you can use IoT (Internet of Things) for your clients/market.
You can start on your own:
You don’t need to do this organization wide. Just start with one function. Connect a few assets for monitoring and then improve operation efficiencies, and later hop on to other line-of-business assets.
I particularly like IoT because I am interested in the evolution of social interaction for machines. If you are a programmer and also know embedded programming, and want to learn IoT (Internet of Things) end to end.
CodeProject has a lot of material to teach you Embedded systems, ArdOS for Arduino, Raspberry Pi with Raspbian OS , Netduino Plus 2 and you will be able to learn writing programs for variety of IoT devices.
Beginner Specialization and Certifications:
If subject is completely new to you and self-learning is something that you are not very comfortable with, there are formal courses available at coursera that will teach you how to design, create and deploy a fun IoT device using Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms. This course is 4 weeks, 1–3 hours/week, and have reading material and good videos; at the end you will get certification also so that you can share your success with the world including your current employer and do I need to tell that how good it will look at your resume.
Network/Community Learning:
IoT is still an emerging technology and current universities and institutions are not equipped to train you on this technology. Another good way to keep a tab of what’s trending in IoT is to join IoT social communities where you learn from mentors and teach your projects to people who are just getting into this.
IoT(Internet of Things ) technology is connected to Cloud computing and Big Data, so you can be a part of big network where you can share ideas on the projects that you are working on, and discuss how IoT can improve efficiencies and bring automation.
Start something new in your local community like Measure Air Pollution And Share The Data Online
IoT Programming Languages:
If you are more on programming side of the things, you will need to chose which programming language is best to use in a particular IoT project. These programming languages range from common-purpose languages like C++ and Java to embedded-specific languages like Go, Parasail and others. Though yous skills in C, C++, Java,JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Parasail, B#, Assembler and Forth will be highly useful if you are getting yourself deep into IoT (Internet of Things) programming.
Gartner says 26 billion of IoT devices by 2020; that means more hardware, more data, more storage, more network and more developers. Reports says that millions of IoT developers will be needed by 2020.
Career Transition From Other Industries:
If your career is in healthcare, manufacturing, construction, city planning, agriculture, energy and oil; you have this golden opportunity to transition your current career to something that is future-proof -as all these industry verticals are getting disrupted by the evolution of IoT ( Internet of Things)
So if you think your career is getting dull and you can’t handle the burnout, and wish to transition to some career that is future relevant; then you could plan transitioning your career to something that is IoT related, or start with a slash career (multiple career) where you do part-time freelancing for IoT programming and consultancy; and later when you gain enough skills/competency and the right opportunity, you hop on the next career level.
What You Can Do About It:
Within few years IoT(Internet of Things) will become mainstream and slowly transform all essential business functions, be it CRM, SCM or ERP, and products will be ordering their own replacement. So, before you personally realize the impact of emerging technologies on employment and public policies ; now is the right time to learn some new skills that is market relevant and help you to future-proof your career planning
There is no doubt that IoT is bigger than what you think, and the benefits of IoT is bigger than any of us may realize. Could be bigger than Mobile, Big Data, and Cloud Computing. Anything that can be connected will be connected and this will require mobile, the internet, and will use big data and cloud computing, and deliver the real-time value of altered reality.
