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Intro to Careers in Technology
Tech is more than coding. In four weeks you will meet the main roles inside tech companies, see how software is planned and built, get a feel for data, AI and cybersecurity, and finish with a career plan and portfolio outline you can start working on now.
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What you will learn
- Compare software engineering, product, data, design and security roles
- Explain how tech companies make money
- Describe how a product goes from idea to release on an agile team
- Find patterns in a small dataset and explain them
- Explain the basics of AI and how to stay secure online
- Write a tech career plan and portfolio outline
Week by week
Each week: lessons with notes, one assignment, one short quiz. A week unlocks when you finish the lessons and assignment before it.
The tech landscape
Meet the main tech roles and understand how tech companies earn money.
How software gets built
Understand coding basics, the product development cycle, and how agile teams work.
Data, AI and cybersecurity
See what data analysts do, how AI works at a basic level, and how to stay secure online.
Breaking into tech
Learn how students get internships, build a portfolio and use GitHub.