Technology Journal 1

The future career that I am preparing for is in software development and network security. I plan to stay ahead of upcoming technology through consistent learning, whether that consists of going to conferences, continuing higher education(master’s/doctorate), expanding my knowledge through personal research, and through earning certifications in different technological fields. The challenges I see, as of right now, would involve finding my first real job, and then see whether it is the right fit/place for me and whether I would stay there and continue or move on to a different company. Another challenge I foresee is getting my resume to the point to where I stand out from the general population applying to jobs in the field I am focusing in, what I understand is employers are mainly looking for experienced people, and a majority are not looking to train someone because they allocate so many resources into this new employee and do not know whether they are going to stay or take what they learned and go to a different company.

History has taught me many things about technology in professional environments, outside of work, and through general communication. The main concept I am going to focus on regarding history is that people are lazy; what I mean by lazy is that with each new technological advancement, we grow closer and closer to the people portrayed in the movie Wall-E. Evidence of this would be to look at the differences in transportation from the 1900s to present day and look at the obesity rates that changed. Another instance is now 21st-century communication, a large majority of people are too lazy to talk on the phone with someone so they resort to texting. Do not misunderstand the point I am, trying to make, which may have been unclear from the start, but that technology is moving towards the point where programs/devices make daily aspects of life simple to where a baby can perform them.

The inclusion of certain skills on my resume is to make myself stand out just a tiny bit more than others because not everyone can code in Java, develop a web server, debug code, or have worked with professional grade routers before. The exclusion of some talents is important also because you do not want to write down specific things that do not have personal experience working with or that you play Call of Duty pretty good. Certain things you put on your resume can hinder your chance of getting the interview you need.