As an IT pro first of all you need to ask yourself is what do you want to be hired or to be an entrepreneur
This
is very vital question because it determines which specialization you
are supposed to take for example becoming an IT entrepreneur you need to
have a basic knowledge at least in each and everything in the Industry
if you want to start a consultant company we expect you to be familiar
with number of stuffs. In the other hand for cooperate IT pro’s we
expect them to have complete Idea and knowledge on the specific matters
they are working on For example we expect a mobile phone engineer in
telecommunication firm to have complete knowledge in mobile phone
technologies such as VAS and so on also if you are working in accounting
and management part of the industry we expect you to have knowledge in
accounting packages such as Tally and database management systems such
as Oracle and so on.
What went wrong?
The
perception of most young IT pro’s is that once you graduate with a
Computer science degree or telecommunication degree that is all you need
to survive in this industry and forgetting that there is something
called specialization. For example we understand everyone studied
Software engineering as part of is syllabus in college but ninety
percent of these people they know nothing about software development in
real sense meaning that they can’t even do a simple software development
project. This led us to our main point which is specialization. We
expect a graduate to have strong knowledge in programming languages and
software interfacing if his goal is to become software engineer.
What to do for those who want to work in institutions and organizations?
First
understand the Industry and the working environment of the place you
want to work or pursue your expertise meaning that if you are doing
database management system then ask people who are already in office
what kind of database are they using if it’s Oracle, MySQL, Derby and so
on. This will help you to focus directly on what you are going to work
on. The same thing goes for people who expecting to become system
administrators you must know the servers and the system you are working
on you might spend most of your time focusing on CISCO servers and
systems later coming to realize your company is using Linux RedHat
systems.
What to do for those who want to become IT entrepreneurs?
First
of all is innovation and creativity there is no way you are going to
skip that and then ask yourself what sells in the market now if its
graphics designing or troubleshooting networks that is your decision.
Another important thing is about your customers what do they want you to
do for them in most of the time that should be your priority for
whatever you are studying if its video production or website designing
.Learn new things and new technologies every day and at least try to
understand everything in basic and when the task come try to focus on
that task until you finish it.