After nine years of working in IT, Harinder Bhathal was ready for a new challenge. He didn’t want to fully part with technology, just change directions, and pinpointed cybersecurity as his next move. “In cybersecurity, you’re always learning,” he said. “I really liked that.” Landing a cybersecurity job without direct experience would require dedication — but that…
Having moved from India to Saudi Arabia to Canada, Anas Qazi was no stranger to change. But when he first arrived in Toronto hoping to break into the city’s growing IT industry, he realized just how much was different from his previous experience in the field. Anas had years of experience working with physical servers in Saudi…
When changing careers, who you know is often just as important as what you know, so it’s a good idea to start building your professional network as early as possible. Industry and networking events are great ways to build connections with others in the tech field by not only granting you direct access to helpful…
When Faissal Islambouli first immigrated from Lebanon to Canada, he was most excited about the opportunity to expand his career choices. This meant pursuing technology, a field he’d always been fascinated with but didn’t have the ability to pursue back home. The only problem was that Faissal wanted to explore it all. He needed to gain new…
What is Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity refers to the practice of safeguarding systems, computers and data from digital attacks. These attacks often involve attempts to breach, modify, or damage the target’s computer system, resulting in interruption or downtime for services, theft of confidential or proprietary data and exposure of personal information. The field of cybersecurity is ever…
You may already be familiar with user experience (UX), a growing field that focuses on how human beings navigate interactions with everyday products and services. But what is a UX researcher? And what do UX researchers do? UX research works to achieve good UX by systematically investigating clients’ experiences and figuring out how businesses can…
Were you a math whiz in high school? Do you pore over Sudoku puzzles, enjoy patterns, or find yourself fascinated by the intricacies of tech? If so, you might want to consider a data scientist career path. There is no singular definition for a data scientist. Straddling both the business and IT worlds data scientists…
Kaliesha Pickering didn’t always know that she was interested in coding and web development. But after working for five years at Bell, the largest telecommunications company in Canada, she had learned enough about the field to discover that she was hungry to learn more. Kaliesha’s next step was launching her own business. While still employed at Bell,…
Teamwork and collaboration are two of the most important factors in an effective UX/UI design process that leads to the development of a great product. With the recent widespread move to remote work, many teams who are used to collaborating in person now rely on the internet to bring them — and their ideas —…
In 2011, Shahmeer Amjad immigrated from Pakistan to Toronto. Less than 10 years later, he attended University of Toronto SCS Data Analytics Boot Camp, building a portfolio of data-driven projects that captured the city’s unique themes, from its restaurant scene to its real estate landscape. Shahmeer graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a background…
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