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The best advice I have gotten when starting a new career or path is to become part of the conversation. How can I help pass this advice along?

Entering IT, I did not have a degree or background. Becoming conversational with IT, tech news, home lab projects, and nerd culture helped me learn by immersion. Fields like cybersecurity and AI require people to be immersed in information and to be connected by the culture. How can I demonstrate this to people trying to enter fields like AI, IT and cybersecurity? How can I share this idea to inspire new students/ workers or seasoned professionals? How can I apply this advice to different fields?

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Thank you comment icon This specific question is because I find myself often being asked "how can I get into (usually AI or cybersecurity)". As someone who is actively touching both fields but is not an expert in either, I find myself sharing news, blogposts, videos, and books on the topics. After when I try to strike up a conversation about the topic I find many of them are simply uninterested in the topics and don't want to immerse themselves into current events and breakthroughs. Many of them want a credetial and a job but are uninterested in how the field is evolving or trying to bring active change to that field. How can I inspire self learning? How can I help kids in school that are eager to grow into a field understand self motivation and self learning? L
Thank you comment icon I want to thank everyone on this site for your extremely valuable input on all of my questions! Everyone here has beed very kind and helpful with answering my questions! I would like to learn now how I can help while I learn from everone. L
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Teklemuz Ayenew’s Answer

When helping others start in AI, IT, or cybersecurity, it's important to show them how to think and get involved, not just give them resources only. Turn information into conversations, break down ideas into simple terms, and encourage small steps like trying hands-on activities, writing summaries, or sharing personal insights to help them become active participants.

Real experience is also key. Encourage them to do informational interviews, shadow professionals, and watch how experts work to connect what they learn to real-world practice. Small projects and joining communities like GitHub, GitLab, Stack Overflow, and Kaggle help them learn by doing, not just reading. Not everyone will dive in right away, especially if they're only interested in credentials or job outcomes. The aim is to make learning visible and easy to access so that curiosity can grow naturally through participation, feedback, and repeated exposure.
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Conor’s Answer

In situations like this where you (and others) will benefit from knowledge sharing, collaboration and a 'hive mind' mentality where you're able to learn from each other I think you have 2 key options.
Firstly seek out thought leaders and existing communities that you're able to connect to
and secondly (as cheesy as it sounds) be the change you want to see - post on platforms like LinkedIn with your learnings, opinions and advice, start the conversations and create an environment around you that fosters the same values and outcomes you want.

I hope that helps!
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