Hello, fellow cloud earthlings
I hope you all are doing well? Enjoying the warm weather, drinking water or, if you are like me, drinking ice coffee with extra cream😜.
I apologize for my absence in posting, but school was really putting up a fight.
The blog for today will delve into a topic I have seen come up a few times lately, the difference between tech companies and tech industries. Also doo people work in tech or at a tech company a case study going to be used.
In the past few months, I have noticed a trend and a fascinating one. Many people are quitting their jobs or moving to work at tech companies. But, first, let me clarify that there is a difference between a tech company and a tech industry.
The technology industry/sector—also known as the information technology (IT) sector—is the area of the stock market focused on companies with revenue driven by technological growth, development, and manufacturing. The tech industry is usually divided into:
Software, Hardware/Equipment and Semiconductors( chips used in laptops)
Companies that build, support, and maintain one of these subsets are called tech companies, e.g. Google, Amazon and Facebook.
There is this notion that to work at a tech company, you should know how to code, but that is not the case. Many roles do not need coding experience, e.g. Product manager, Project manager, Sales engineer and many more.
Tech companies offer work-life balance, huge compensations and sometimes all remote work environments.
But this is what people don’t tell you about the tech industry
You have to continuously learn, i.e. teach yourself new things, new terms
Lol, do you know what raw metal is or what Docker is? Yep me too. I had to Google search before this newsletter.
Tech companies are also very competitive, and with that being said, they are not recession-proof companies whatsoever.
A graph showing the tech layoff occurring in 2022, Source( protocol.com)
While I do not want to scare you away, I believe it is excellent to know the dangers that arise with the tech industry
Now that we have cleared that up, I would like to move to a different matter at hand,
Please read the following tweet
This was a tweet written by a user regarding when people say they work in tech. I honestly think this idea of gatekeeping who is in tech or works at a tech company is wrong.
Let me clarify: the word "tech" in this case is about the tech industry we explained above. So to be in tech, as this user quoted, is to work in the etch industry, which directly means you work at a tech company.
The two cannot be removed; the industry comprises its various companies. Therefore, a receptionist, HR coordinator and custodian are all working in tech.
This sentence work in tech, in academia, is what we call a sentence fragment meaning the sentence is not whole/complete. The full sentence should be" I work in tech as a _____."
It is then up to the person listening to take it as a technical role or not.
Therefore if you are a software developer for a retail company like Walmart, you do not work in tech. Instead, you work in the retail industry as a software developer.
This idea of people trying to downplay who is in tech is not the way. The tech industry is an industry of growth and learning. While it has its challenges, it has many benefits as well. No one should downplay anyone's abilities, whether technical or not.
Hope you have a wonderful day and don't forget to leave a comment on your thoughts and any experience you have had in regards to this