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With technology constantly changing how can we keep up with it?

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Chad’s Answer

Use it! You can stay in the know by participating and trying out new tech. The misconception is believing you have to know how everything works to use it. No! Just have fun and explore. Understand no one will know everything. This will help you keep up with tech.
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Gerald’s Answer

By being involved! Technology ever changing by people like you who use it and love it. Your involvement helps you keep up and ultimately shapes it for the future.
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Christopher’s Answer

Be a sponge and start to follow all technology blogs and feeds. Self learning is probably the easiest way to learn about different views and late breaking news!
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Roland’s Answer

There are different sites that allow you to keep up with this ever changing field such as Engadget, Gizmodo and Wired. I choose to follow blogs about Verizon and look on our homepage to see what new innovations we have coming and how they will benefit the future. Associate yourself with a technology based company and you will find yourself swamped with knowledge and things to read.
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Linda’s Answer

Customize apps such as Flipboard, Engadget and sites like Ted Talk with technological categories. Look for CNET announcements following their trade shows with big announcements. Visit stores like Apple, Best Buy or carriers that give you live devices to at with. Stay curious!
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Jonathan’s Answer

Great question, use your resources. As an individual that is surrounded by new technology all the time I have to use my resources such as YouTube to look up how this new technology works. Even by simply going into stores and being hands on with some of this new stuff coming out can very much help. As the saying goes you learn something new everyday! So find something that interest you and look it up 😉
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Blake’s Answer

Hey Devetra,

I would recommend joining Facebook groups, reading blogs, and attending seminars.

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Blake
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sravanthi’s Answer

Technology in different areas is changing faster than one can grasp and master it. Trying to learn all of them and master them will negatively affect one's personal life and may not actually add much value to your career. Be very specific about what is your area of interest, master it completely and keep up to date with the new advancements in your field

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at same time be with a open mind to just know what else is happening outside, how your knowledge/ technology will fit into bigger picture, what are alternatives to your technology (Tableau and Power BI are similar applications- you can master one but have basic knowledge of what are the small differences between them. This helps mostly in job interviews or even leading a project for a company).
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Kate’s Answer

Devetra, great question! Technology constantly changing is one of the reasons why it is so exciting to work in the tech industry. I would recommend looking at your bachelor's degree as a base foundation. What you learn in your bachelor's program gives you the basics for your field and problem solving abilities. Once you start working the company you work for usually provides training specific to the technology in your position.


I would recommend keeping up with the latest industry and tech news to keep up to speed with new technology developments. I am in the telecommunications industry and there are certain newsletters I get daily like RCRWireless that give the latest highlights of news articles across the industry and webinars that you can join to learn more about a certain topic. By reading the news and attending the webinars or even in person conferences if you can, you are able to learn what are the latest trends.

Kate recommends the following next steps:

Subscribe to a newsletter in the industry you want to join or a broad news summary on tech
Attend 1 webinar a month on a new technology trend
Go to a technology conference in your area
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Lakesha’s Answer

The change in technology happens everyday. Companies are always looking for different ways to become better than the competition. Honestly I would focus on what in technology you are interested in. After that I would look up the different companies and search for the part of technology you are interested in. Compare what you have found to different companies, that way you can really understand different aspects of the device or network that you are interested in.

Be acceptable to change at all times and make sure you have general knowledge of the technology you are interested in.
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Anna’s Answer

Devetra,
Great Question! As a professional leading projects that utilize or deliver new technology the practices that work for me and my team mates are:
1. Remain curious. Continue asking questions and exploring new advancements in your area of expertise.
2. Be open to change and be adaptable.
3. Invest in yourself and life long learning. Technology is changing rapidly and there are multiple resources such as YouTube, Training within the company you join, Attend a conference, Get certified in a technology that interests you.
4. Share new ideas and discoveries with your classmates and colleagues. We regularly schedule Deep Dive learning sessions where we explore in detail the results of a Data Analysis project for example. We discuss findings, challenges and lessons learned. Often your peers will have questions and ideas that can lead to recommendations for another tool or technology to utilize in the next project.
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Rafael A.’s Answer

Technology is rapidly changing and I do not see a slow down to this process. There are many things that can done to keep up with Technology changes:


  1. Attend a workshop that addresses that specific technology
  2. Gain Certification in the new technology (either for work or just to make yourself more marketable)
  3. Do some research on the technology - look at a blog regarding that technology, read up on the technology on-line
  4. Depending on the cost - purchase the new technology to see first hand how it works (some companies actually offer 30 day trail periods on software that might allow you to play with the software first hand)

Most importantly always read and learn new things even after you are employed so that you can make yourself more marketable.


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Cedric’s Answer

Great question what I have done that has worked for me is to find a few good tech blogs to read and that are quite a few good youtube channels that I watch. I try to always make sure I pay attention to anything new that comes out around CES as well.
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