So you learned to code. Now what? The software industry is exploding, and there’s an unprecedented demand for folks with technical skills all over the world. But not all skill sets are created equal. More than 50,000 developers responded to Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey — the absolute best look at the state of the technology industry, as reported by the people actually working in it. These are the top-paying job titles you should be shooting for if you want to make six figures in the tech world, as reported by the developers and administrators working in the industry.
If You Want To Learn To Code, A Degree Might Be a Huge Waste Of Time
Unless you get a degree from Stanford or MIT, it will mean a lot less than having built your own apps to show off. Most Universities struggle to keep up with changing technology, and it will only boost your pay for the first 1-3 years. After that, those who are self taught can catch up to the experience that you get from a University degree. So unless you like wasting your time and money…
NOTE: For anyone wishing to own their own career in computer programming, check out the upcoming courses at DaVinci Coders. New classes starting soon.
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How to ‘own your career’
You’ve been waiting for your manager to define your career path. It’s time to reevaluate. The future belongs to the early adopters, the eager learners and the ones who are willing to take a chance on themselves.
NOTE: For anyone wishing to own their own career in computer programming, check out the upcoming courses at DaVinci Coders. New classes starting soon.
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5 Learning Tech Trends to Watch
Here’s the list of five trends learning professionals should be considering when mapping out strategies for the next five of years. It’s important to note that trends are not isolated developments within the L&D community but are often the culmination, confluence, and convergence of technological innovation, discoveries or rediscoveries of learning science and a reaction to changes within the larger culture in which society operates.
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The Death of Bank Products is being greatly under-exaggerated
Bank branches are ceasing to be the most important channel in banking. They are being replaced by far more efficient mechanisms for revenue generation and relationships. The discussion is increasingly resorting to a sort of desperate plea — “but branches aren’t going to die completely, are they?” No one is saying branches will grow.
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Study finds Immigrants are driving billion-dollar startups
They’re creating an average of 760 U.S. jobs each, the study finds. Space X’s Elon Musk, Zenefits’ Laks Srini, Uber’s Garrett Camp, and Palentir’s Peter Thiel are all founders of billion-dollar startups and they’re also all immigrants.
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Hyperloop aims for Europe launch by 2020
Thanks to an agreement recently announced, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia are all set to benefit from Elon Musk’s futuristic transportation system. The tubular transportation system of the future, hyperloop, is headed for Europe.
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Jobs for humans in the robot era: Big data deep divers, time hackers, and more
The robots are coming! They’ll be taking millions – maybe billions – of jobs away with them. Yoram Yaakobi, head of the Microsoft Israel R&D center, says not to worry.
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3D food printer chef wanted
According to DaVinci Institute futurist and executive director, Thomas Frey, job training may be a thing of the past. With the automation of jobs, as well as the creation of new ones, people will need a better way to transition into another industry quickly and seamlessly.
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Workplace Trends In 2016
Whether you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 or work for one, you might want to take a look at these Top 10 Trends that will be setting the standard for the 2016 workplace.
NOTE: Since collaborative, flexible workplaces are becoming one of the hot new trends, check out what we’re doing at the DaVinci Institute in Westminster, Colorado.
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How to find talent for jobs that don’t exist yet
The pace of business innovation continues to exceed our expectations and imagination especially, when it comes to the world of work. Not only is technology impacting how we work and interact with each other, it’s transforming what we actually do for work.
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You may lose your job to technology in the future but, you may still be able to protect your income
Almost half of today’s American jobs could be automated in the next two decades, according to new research.













