Career Path
Can’t figure out where your career should go next? Our comprehensive Tech Career Paths hub is your roadmap to navigating the exciting possibilities in the tech industry. From exploring in-demand specializations to identifying the perfect fit based on your skills and interests, we'll guide you through the key considerations you need to make. Discover insider tips, data-driven insights, and expert advice on education, certifications, and in-demand skills… all designed to empower you to chart the perfect course for your tech career journey.
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How to Narrow Your Career Options Without Feeling Trapped
Scrolling through thousands of tech jobs can make your head spin, especially early in your career when everything looks exciting. Front end, back end, DevOps, data science, cybersecurity, AI engi… -
Should You Become a Fractional Tech Leader?
Over the last few years, organizations have increasingly turned to part-time, specialized tech leaders to provide expertise, strategic decisions and speedy results without the full-time commitmen… -
How to Utilize AI to Evaluate and Develop Effective Leaders
AI is fundamentally reshaping the business and tech landscape, requiring leaders to embrace new skills and approaches to effectively navigate this new era. For instance, according to DDI’s Global… -
vCISO Positions Thriving During a Time of Greater Compliance, AI Use
With threat actors continually taking advantage of vulnerabilities at a record pace, small businesses find themselves in the same precarious positions as larger enterprises. A Mastercard survey f… -
Command a Better Tech Salary with Strategic Skill Stacking
What is the difference between a DevOps Engineer and a Cloud Security DevOps Engineer? About $45,000 a year. Adding security expertise to an already strong skill set can make a big difference in…Sponsored -
'Tech Connects' Podcast: Is Your Design Career AI-Ready?
Kicking off a new season of Tech Connects, our new host Paul Farnsworth sits down with Amy Thibodeau, Chief Design Officer at Gusto, a platform that helps over 400,000 small businesses manage pay… -
Beyond AI: What Trends Are Shaping a Cybersecurity Education
For college and university students returning to school or starting as freshmen this fall, the outlook for launching a career in technology, IT, coding, or even cybersecurity appears much bleaker… -
Skills Cyber Professionals Need to Compete During Budget, Staffing Cuts
The job cuts and budget tightening at U.S. technology firms and other large enterprise sectors are also influencing cybersecurity spending and hiring, with fresh data showing security budgets wil… -
How Tech Pro Retirements Will Leave a Knowledge Gap in Tech
Tech is a dynamic industry, constantly evolving through new platforms, technologies, and programming languages. While many tend to focus on programming language changes and which IDE is the new d… -
Five Reasons It’s Still Worth Being a Developer in the Age of AI Coding
I’ve been writing software since the dark ages—before the internet and the web existed. There were fewer programming languages back then, and if you weren’t programming in BASIC, you probably had… -
'Tech Connects' Podcast: Dr. Rebecca Swift on AI-generated Imagery and the Impact on Visual Content
Our guest on 'Tech Connects' is Dr. Rebecca Swift, Senior Vice President of Creative at Getty Images, a leading platform for visual content licensing. Getty Images provides millions of photograph… -
Fastest-Growing Tech Jobs in Michigan
Michigan is one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in the country. With a startup scene in Detroit that’s globally recognized, an influx of high tech companies like LG Energy Solution moving to Mic…Sponsored