Sep 27 2019 03:21 PM
Welcome to the Humans of IT Community! We're thrilled that you've joined us :)
We want to hear YOUR story as Humans of IT:
- How did you get started in tech? (yes devs, we're looking at you too!)
- How are you using technology for the good of humanity?
- What's your #TechSuperpower? Is it your ability to innovate, to see beyond the status quo and to keep pushing for better solutions to make this world a better place for all humanity?
Leave a comment, and/or if you're feeling extra inspired to document your full story, apply here to be featured as a (Super)Human of IT in this space or on our blog!
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Nov 13 2019 08:27 AM
I got into IT by accident. My sister worked in IT and they had an opening for a PM. I came in and interviewed for the PM position and walked out with an offer for an entry level systems engineer position. I accepted the position and knew right away, IT was for me!
Nov 26 2019 05:26 PM
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Nov 29 2019 01:23 PM
- How did you get started in tech? (yes devs, we're looking at you too!)
I've always been a nerd. I tinkered with PCs as a kid and never really stopped. Once the internet came around I tinkered with that too. My first formal IT job was a database administrator at the tech institute I graduated from in 2005.
- How are you using technology for the good of humanity?
I work for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and we strive to take advantage of the huge operational efficiencies that Microsoft 365 has to offer. The more IT infrastructure we can take off the hands of staff, the more time they can dedicate to serving kids, mentors, and their families.
- What's your #TechSuperpower?
I ask challenging questions. I help people see the division between the tools and what they think the tool will do for them so that we can ask the REAL questions that we are trying to address.
Dec 01 2019 05:08 PM
I started when I was 14 - building websites. I ended up in IT marketing and started off by making my first site on Dreamweaver 4.0!
Dec 02 2019 12:08 PM
I love it! I wish I had been encouraged to get into IT much earlier. So far it is a great experience and I love the opportunity to always be learning.@ShonaBang
Dec 02 2019 12:17 PM
Dec 02 2019 12:17 PM
Dec 14 2019 06:42 PM
@ShonaBang Hello
I sent am abstract about a story that it seems interesting about an activity that I did this week.
When I started contributing inside Microsoft community as an MVP, I was thinking how I can empower others, I believe that as we share our knowledge as we are able to make a change in the world using technology, I love programming, reading about new technologies like the cloud, AI any time, people can't understand why I want to learn always even in holidays, Science computing and technology is not a job, is a passion for me, I can stay beside the machine coding without feeling tired.
When I started coding from 10 years ago, I was always the unique women inside a group of men that look at you like not a skilled person even it was oppositive. I was progressing in my career slowly because I was working in a male environment and every year they feel that you are a potential danger that will decide the technical solution in the company. But I decided to leave to Canada, and where I started again my walks in technologies but faster than before because I started talking in conferences, meeting expert and I forget that I'm a woman because I was the expert that will answer attendee questions. And this week I decided to do something different, I contributed to doing an hour of code twice in a school, and it was a beautiful experience, because, coaching children to start coding with Minecraft, for example, is really important to have more leaders in the future.
Dec 17 2019 09:11 AM
Oct 01 2019 01:24 AM
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