Why your educational plan is incomplete without Information Technology courses!
A recent article in wall street journal stated that during covid-19 American household income increased overall, especially the top 1% did excellent in increasing their wealth, people at large invested in shares of listed companies via their smartphones, all across the world, IT stock prices did better than others, they had to do, as people became isolated, technology was their daily help! India saw many stock broking apps popping up in Play store and App store with options to even invest overseas, during COVID acceptance rate of online – Minerva Institute in San Fransisco was lower than 1%, even IVY’s could not match this number. Reliance Industries chairman once stated that the internet is future oil. So how actually does all this relate to your education and career? You see, as the world is moving forward, IT & its application is present everywhere, it is no more a question or an option to not be equipped with Information technology knowledge, the very reason you are reading this article is because you have internet and a smart phone or a computer.
Don’t be alarmed, your career assessment might have concluded that you will do excellent in Arts, psychology, mechanical engineering or you are born to be a doctor, but IT is part of your daily routine, there is no avoiding it no matter what, it certainly would be a smart move to take a few courses about Information Technology or subjects related to social media as you move along your educational journey, you may wonder – I honestly don’t need to learn or take a class in order to operate my facebook account, well you are absolutely correct, you will either do a job or aim to become an entrepreneur, irrespective of which path you walk down upon, there will be a time when you will look towards building your online presence on LinkedIn, you perhaps already are highly proficient in operating your facebook, snapchat & Instagram accounts, some of you might have already spoken in your Clubhouse chat room already. Today you can be handpicked & offered a lucrative job by any multinational company if you have an interesting digital footprint, hence if your are one of those who is stepping in higher education during the pandemic, you certainly would want to keep a few IT based courses in your career & educational plan, these courses can help you build your accurate profile and then there is always a good opportunity to generate money from this industry too!
So where do you start and how? simple – start taking courses online whenever you are ready, perhaps right after reading this article? don’t wait for the industry to proliferate and build its own momentum, as this one gallops like none other, another important factor in deciding which IT course to opt for? try to not plan for something fancy, for example – Don’t start by enrolling in a courses which is titled – “Developing Cryptocurrency using Blockchain technology”, instead start with something simple, learn how to efficiently use social media platform, or just simply learn how to most accurately find information on google and perhaps how to fact check? take training courses offered by platforms which are part of your daily life. Look out for summer programs and camps such as ID Tech camps in US! Take courses available online free of cost by universities, if you like a particular topic or concept just opt for a free course, coursera, edx & udemy are excellent recourses to learn.
Satyam Khanna