Information Technology

Welcome to the Information Technology Community! Learn more here about the different career paths you can pursue, get resources to start your career journey and take next steps to pursue career opportunities.

The occupations in this cluster are related to development and maintenance of information and technology products and services. Computer programmers, hardware engineers, network specialists, and web services are a small number of the types of occupations related to information technology.  This ever-growing field has proven to be a constant source of employment. If you like solving problems, working with computers and a goal to be a lifelong learner then information technology is worth researching.

Occupations within Information Technology

What Is Cybersecurity? Learn About the 6 Most Effective Cybersecurity Prevention Measures

By 2025, the world will have almost 39 billion devices connected to the internet, with cybersecurity attacks happening every 39 seconds. This has huge implications for how we lead our daily lives. For example, Garmin, a multinational GPS navigation firm, …

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Your Guide to the Software Development Life Cycle

What is the software development life cycle?

The software development life cycle is a process for designing, developing and testing high-quality software. To land your first software engineering job, you’ll need to be able to describe the seven stages of

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Women in STEM Career Fair: ‘Beyond the Glass Ceiling’ Panel Discussion

Our recent Women in STEM Career Fair featured a panel discussion entitled “Beyond the Glass Ceiling.” The discussion included panelists from Infosys, Instrumental, Trinity Life Sciences, and Holland & Hart, and focused on how to navigate the interview process, negotiating offers, issues …

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Is Programming Hard? A Guide To Getting Started in 2022

Programming forms the basis of many day-to-day tech activities. From the app, you use to order a pizza to the speech recognition that lets you dictate a text, many of the services we use every day have been created by …

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Computer Science vs. Software Engineering: What’s the Difference?

Two occupations that are often confused in the tech industry are computer science and software engineering. But, while they may be similar in nature and fundamentals, they shouldn’t be used interchangeably.

For one, software engineers are professionals who specialize in

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Learn From Professionals – What is it like working in Information Technology?

When making decisions about what career to pursue, hearing from professionals within the field can provide extremely valuable prospective. Consider …

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