Read books and check out Web sites that provide more information about the Internet of Things. Here are some suggestions:
- The Internet of Things: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Scott J. Shackelford
- A Geek Girl’s Guide to Electronics and the Internet of Things, by Audrey O’Shea
- What is IoT?: https://www.oracle.com/internet-of-things
- What is IoT?: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/iot
One of the best ways to explore this career is to learn programming languages that are frequently used by IoT developers. These include Go (Golang), Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, and Rust, among others. Your high school’s computer science department may provide programming classes. Online learning platforms (OLPs) offer free or low-cost classes in coding. Here are a few OLPs to check out: Code Academy (https://www.codecademy.com), Coursera (https://www.coursera.org), edX (https://www.edx.org), and Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org).
Get involved in programming competitions to test your abilities. Here are a few to check out:
- SkillsUSA: http://www.skillsusa.org
- Microsoft Imagine Cup: https://imaginecup.microsoft.com/en-us/compete/whycompete
- American Computer Science League: https://www.acsl.org
- Congressional App Challenge: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us
- TeamsCode: https://www.teamscode.org
Participating in an information interview with an IoT developer is a good way to learn more about the educational requirements and personal and technical skills that are necessary for career success. Perhaps you could even job shadow a developer on the job.
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