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May 31, 2022,
College is supposed to be one of the best times of your life.
The last of your youth.
Then things get serious. Fulltime job serious.
That’s okay if you get paid well for it.
So much of that will depend upon what you major in. Make the wrong decision there and you could graduate and find the only job options are in coffee shops and bars.
Hard to pay off student loans that way.
In terms of job prospects, Tech is still both Queen and King.
According to the team at shrm.org, “A widespread need for technology professionals drove the average salary for technologists in the U.S. to a record high of $104,566 in 2021.
Web developers saw the biggest increase in pay between 2020 and 2021, up on average more than 21.3 percent to $98,912, while the highest salaries went to IT management, whose pay rose 6 percent to average $151,983, according to tech career marketplace Dice’s recently released 2022 Tech Salary Report.”
Does those salary ranges sound attractive to you?
What college degrees can help you along that pathway?
For most, a degree in Information Technology is very attractive. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, bachelor’s degrees in computer science and engineering garner the highest salaries.
There are still more Tech options, especially with the proliferation of business and media websites.
Look into Cyber Security (a massive need here), Web Development and Web Design as additional pathways.
Do that and you will join the other teenagers focusing on that track, in a very competitive world.
In terms of Cyber Security, the need in that field is growing. The group at techrepublic.com explains, “With the rise in cyberattacks in 2021, many business organizations around the world are now beefing up their security team to respond to incidents of cyberattacks. As a result, there has been a 350% increase in global cybersecurity job demand between 2013 and 2021. In the United States, for instance, the available record suggests that there are currently more than 590,000 cybersecurity job openings that need to be filled.”
One of those jobs could be yours.
So many hosting platforms have employees around the globe, which increases your opportunity to live abroad, especially while you are young and single and make a great living.
As shared by parents.au.reachout.com, “A 2017 study by The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne found that young people aged 13 to 18 spend on average, 43.6 hours a week on screen-based activity at home (6.2 hours a day). The vast majority of Australian teenagers aged 13 to 18 were reported to own a smartphone and/or tablet.”
As you can see, it is indeed a global phenomenon.
With remote work from home increasingly being an option, one day, if you decided to get married and have children, you can work from home, part time or full, without having to face snarling traffic, and still make a great living.
Along those lines, we have additional information you might find interesting.
Teens and Tech: CompTIA Report Explores Views on Their Use of Technology, Career Options and the Future of Work
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May 18, 2022, 09:35 ET
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Teenagers, many high-volume users of technology, expect their tech usage to increase over the next two years, according to a report CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce.
CompTIA’s “Student Perspectives of Technology and Careers” finds that more than two-thirds of teenagers have some idea of the career path they would like to pursue. Half that group indicates some interest in working in technology, with boys (55%) more than girls (47%) considering a career in tech.
Interestingly, students who are interested in tech identify specific occupation categories that align with current employer job postings, including positions in software and application development, emerging technologies and cybersecurity.
Just over half of teens (53%) expect to increase their connections to tech. Nine out of 10 connect to the Internet on their mobile phones, confirmation of their need to constantly connect to technology.
“Young people clearly have great interest and high comfort levels in their interactions with technology,” said Colleen Crino, chief development officer for Creating IT Futures. “Developing these traits will help them as they progress from students to digital knowledge workers and technology professionals.”
Misperceptions about working in tech persist among teens. This includes the feeling that a tech job requires good math and science skills; that the work is complicated and difficult; that you work alone on a computer; the work is boring; or is just for tech geeks.
“Connecting students to more engaging and fun tech resources and curricula, in addition to adult mentors, are two actions that can have an immediate and powerful impact in shaping career decisions,” said Tazneen Kasem, director of youth learning programs at CompTIA.
Just 45% of students report knowing someone personally who works in the tech field. Though an improvement over the previous CompTIA survey on the topic (36%), many young people miss obtaining first-hand knowledge of careers in tech. Another troubling indicator is that boys report receiving higher levels of encouragement to consider a tech career than girls. This encouragement gap is among the factors that contributes to lower rates of consideration for a career in technology among girls.
CompTIA’s “Student Perspectives of Technology and Careers” study is based on a survey of 1,671 teenagers in Australia, Belgium, Canada, India, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and United States. The complete report is available at https://www.comptia.org/content/research/student-perspectives-of-technology-and-careers.
About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for unlocking the potential of the tech industry and its workforce. Visit https://www.comptia.org/.
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