Tech Careers Beyond Coding
Someone with a psychology background could work in tech by researching how people interact with apps and websites.
What is a User Experience (UX) Researcher?
This man co-founded Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates?
The secret word or Phrase you use to protect your accounts
What is a password?
This is the most common device used to make phone calls, text, and run apps
What is a smartphone?
In this role you would write instructions that tell a computer what to do.
What is a Programmer / Software Developer?
A journalism graduate could move into tech by writing online articles, tutorials, or product documentation.
What is a Technical Writer/Content Strategist?
This Company created the iPhone
what is apple?
This is an email scam where someone pretends to be trustworthy to steal information.
What is Phishing?
This device lets you play video games on your TV, like Xbox or PlayStation.
What is a game console?
In this role you would help protect people and companies from hackers.
What is a Cybersecurity Specialist?
If you study sociology, you could look at data about how people use social media.
What is a Data Analyst (social/behavioral focus)?
The company created the first smartphone in 1992.
What is IBM?
This type of software protects your computer from viruses
What is antivirus software?
This small chip inside smartphones and computers is called the “brain” of the device.
What is a processor/CPU?
This role involves testing new phones, tablets, or apps and giving feedback before they are released.
What is a Product Tester / QA Specialist?
A finance or accounting student could move into tech by helping companies analyze data with this field of tech.
What is FinTech (Financial Technology)?
This company’s search engine became the most widely used on the internet
What is Google?
This is what it’s called when someone pretends to be you online to trick others.
What is identity theft?
This voice-controlled assistant can answer questions and play music.
What is Alexa (Siri or Google Assistant)?
In this role you would focus on rules about hacking, online privacy, and digital rights.
What is a Cyber Lawyer / Cyber Law specialist?
If you study business or any major, you could use tech to help companies improve how they work.
What is a business analyst?
famous for her groundbreaking work as a NASA mathematician who performed trajectory calculations for crucial early space missions, including the first American human spaceflights and the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This what you should turn on to keep your accounts safe, it uses both your password and a code.(hint we have to use this to login into myTSU)
What is two-factor authentication?
This type of computer memory is temporary and is erased when the device is turned off
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented this system that allowed information to be shared easily across the internet, which also raised new issues of online safety and privacy.
What is the World Wide Web?