"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Frankin
Nowadays, designing a mobile app requires programming skills and one laptop. Kudus [2] programmers that can make themselves richer. Indeed, learning programming is a personal investment, but in the bigger picture, it is a tech career and a VC investment vision. Technology Design and Programming (TDP) is an emerging field that focuses on technology development and programming with the help of design thinking, conceptual design, data science, and upskilling Ai programming in the era of industry 4.0 (Jaman, 2014).
Based on World Economic Forum (WEF) report 2020 for future jobs, TDP is considered among the top 10 skills by 2025 for people to follow. Technology Designers/Developers (TD) can come from different backgrounds; However, certain requirements must be considered for successful growth as a TD or TDP. Analogically speaking, you need to build the floors (elective skills) of a skyscraper with a foundation on land (pipeline skills).
Pipeline Skills:
IoT, Telecommunication, and Cloud Developing
UX/UI Design skills
Concept Design, CAD, and 3D Design
IoT Programming
Objective Programming
Conceptual Design (Saatchi, 2022), Data Drive Design, Data Science
Elective Skills:
Ai and Machine Learning
XR: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality
Blockchain Programming
Robotics and Mechatronics
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Smart Factories, Intelligent Manufacturing
Cybersecurity
Mobile Development
Career Prospectives:
Freelance from Dehli to New York!
Tech Entrepreneur and Tech Founder (CTO)
Tech companies and Industry 4.0
Technology Design studios like XSEALD
Simulation companies like Ansys or Comsol
Game studios like Ubisoft
Entrepreneurs in Residence and Angel Investors connected to VC Firms
Space Companies and Telecommunications
Telemedicine, Drug Discovery, Medical Devices, and Biotechnology
Entertainment and Interactive Animation Technologies
Academia, or Professorship working with tech giants, and tech startups
Governmental Tech Sections like NASA (USA) or Tech Nation (UK)
Information and IT for various fields (Spacey, 2016)
Salary Range:
Income varies based on leveraged skills, reputation, referral, and years of working experience.
As a freelance to tech giant employee: $18,000/yr to $350,000/yr
As a tech founder: AC/VC Fund with salary and shares around $125,000 or higher with a YC Standard deal (
Average by (Glassdoor, 2023): $93,000/yr
How to Learn Technology Design (cheatsheet):
Learn and upskill your programming with online material and cheatsheets
Work with opensource CAD Software and Programming Packages
Choose a track to get deeper: Ai or XR or Games/Simulations or Robotics or Telecommunication, IoT, etc.
Never stop learning from different resources
Do personal projects and take notes with self-archiving
Update yourself with technology trends related to your works
Focus on the industry which you want to be active more
Communicate with companies and startup communities (They share a lot of information for FREE)
Learning diverse design skills gives you an edge and more abilities (puc, 2021)
Best Resources to Learn Online:
Linkedin Premium Learning (not Free)
Youtube (Free)
Udemy (Not Free)
Github (Free)
OpenSource Communities (Free)
MOOC Courses (Free/Premium)
Founders Communities like Slack or Telegram (Free)
Stackoverflow (Free)
OpenAi and ChatGPT (Free)
OpenFoam (Free)
iOS Academy (Free)
Linux/Gnome Communities (Free)
Blender Foundation (Free and Premium Plans)
Bibliography:
Jaman, M. (2019) Industry 4.0 and its impact on the BPM industry, Linkedin.com. Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/industry-40-its-impact-bpm-mostofa-jaman/ (Accessed: January 29, 2023).
The future of jobs report 2020 (2020) World Economic Forum. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2020/ (Accessed: November 12, 2022).
Saatchi, D. (2022) What is conceptual design?, Linkedin.com. Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-conceptual-design-danielsaatchi/ (Accessed: January 29, 2023).
Spacey, J. (2016) 7 Types of Technology Design, Simplicable.com. Available at: https://simplicable.com/new/technology-design (Accessed: January 28, 2023).
Puc, S. (2021) 10 amazing tech careers in design for super creatives, Skillcrush. Available at: https://skillcrush.com/blog/tech-design-careers/ (Accessed: January 25, 2023).
Nathoo, K. (2022) The Y Combinator Standard Deal, Y Combinator. Available at: https://www.ycombinator.com/deal (Accessed: February 2, 2023).
Glassdor (2023) Technology Design Salary, Glassdoor.com. Available at: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/design-technology-salary-SRCH_KO0,17.htm (Accessed: February 2, 2023).
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