okay okay i'm not sure really why i'm caught here i'm not really sure why i uh put a
blazer on for this video but we're getting really serious i guess no we're not actually
what kind i don't know anyways i like the blazer blazers were calling me today so here we are
having a very candid conversation with a blazer on i don't know why i feel like that's so weird but
okay let's get to it we need to stop romanticizing tech and as i'm saying that
i fully take accountability that i too often and am responsible for doing just that
as a tech youtuber i often say just how amazing it is in tech the perks the benefits the
just all these amazing features that tech brings to our lives and it's true there are so many
positives to working in tech to using technology what technology has brought to our lives but it's
also i think so important to really highlight that there are some downfalls in technology whether it
be working in tech using tech all of the above and i've been scrolling on tiktok recently yes i'm a
millennial who goes on tick tock probably far too often but i don't know is anyone else addicted to
tick-tock here or is it just me but when i'm on tik-tok and i get on what is called tech talk
as the young kids say i see a lot of these tick tockers doing tech talks or talking about tech and
kind of exaggerating what tech has to offer working in it for example i'm not going to pull it
up on screen here because i don't want to call any tick tocker out or do anything weird like that but
some tick tockers saying that you can make 800 000 to 900 000 for compensation working in tech
and your first year in tech and and hey if that is true sign me up where are these jobs
because that sounds amazing to me but i think we've kind of almost gone a little too far
to the other side of promoting and romanticizing tech and today i really want to sit down with
you and have a a candid conversation about that before we get into it though make sure to hit
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as i was saying in the intro to this video there is a lot of hype right now around tech there is
so many roles in tech that are open and in demand and the tech industry can't keep up with it and
in turn there is higher compensation higher uh benefit package higher everything because
of the need for more people to work in tech and i definitely have seen this glamorized side of tech
how amazing it is but i it kind of concerns me in a sense that we also need to be truthful as well
like anything if we just start talking about the positives and kind of inflating the positives just
like any industry there are issues or concerns that need to be spoken about as well and looked
into as well and if we're only focusing on the positives how are we going to improve and grow
and of course it's easier to talk about the positives and the negatives or the not so
goods i guess you could say but i'm sitting down with you today to just share my thoughts on it
some of the things i don't even know how to really this video isn't scripted this is just me sitting
down with you and having a raw conversation about it because i don't really know how to describe i i
didn't want this to be a scripted video or a i don't know a structured video i just wanted to
be my thoughts on the situation and i think one thing i'm just going to highlight some areas i
guess that i think in tech that should be spoken of more or we could work on more one being work
balance and i know this is a term we often hear thrown around especially in tech i've seen a
lot on once again to take the tick-tock of how amazing this work-life balance is working in tech
but let me tell you as someone who works in tech some days i work really long hours some days it
feels like overwhelming and tough and stressful and it just can be too much almost and when i
go then on social media or any platform and see how amazing this industry is i'm like yeah it's
great but let's also address that this is a job at the end of the day you're not doing this because
you want to work for free it's because you would like to make money to live your life and you know
let's not kind of get the two confused i see a lot of people really take on the identity of the
company they work for which i think is a very dangerous place to be in if you are someone who
solely relates who you are to where you work because i think part of the uniqueness you can
bring to a company is by having other experiences and interests outside of work and through those
learnings and experiences even though they might not directly be applied to your everyday
job they will trickle in in different ways whether it be ways you look at problems or how to solve
problems or ways you look at different marketing or creativity all your experiences will come
together in your job but if your sole focus and identity is your job how are you going to find new
experiences or new things to bring to the table so i thought that was a really interesting thing to
just keep in mind when you are working somewhere or putting content out online or speaking to your
friends and family is at the end of the day it's important to love your job and appreciate your job
but don't make your job your life and i say that as someone who takes great pride in my
work and in my job and in my career and think it's so important to put your all into it but
don't let it consume you because it's easy done in the tech industry is to let it consume you
but in turn you will have little to offer because you won't have any unique experiences
so that's one thing i think that really needs to be highlighted more in tech because it's often
that people just get consumed in their jobs and and let it take over and it's so important to have
interests outside of work another area i think we really need to talk about more is typically
maybe maybe it's just me and i'm clearly working in the wrong i don't know job or anything like
that but when you are graduating when you graduate from school and you get your first job in tech or
otherwise don't expect to be a millionaire in your first year i'm not trying to set ceilings
for you or say what you can or can't do but let's be realistic people i just i'm shocked with all
of these tick tocks saying that they make 500 000 plus a year right after university like where are
you working and how do i how do i do what you do because this i've never heard of this in real life
um so i think it's important to make sure that your expectations are not based on
social media and what you are seeing online but more so through your own research let me
rephrase that your expectations can be based on what you see online and people you see online
but make sure to not just allow whatever you are consuming into your mind without questioning it
where are they getting their resources from who are they what is their experience and once you
take all that into consideration you can choose to believe it or not but i think too often we just
sit down consume content and then have these unrealistic expectations based on this content
that is telling us things that aren't isn't even true and i'm not sure why the pendulum has swung
so far into this romanticizing tech i think a lot of it is because of views online everyone wants to
be famous or an influencer or anything like that and and when you add shock value to your content
like oh i made a million dollars this year or oh my company paid me x y and z people are intrigued
and they want to watch more and it just keeps on getting the views but in order to keep on
getting those views with that content you need to produce more content and it's pretty concerning
i think as someone who is wasn't always in tech if i was just getting into the tech industry and
i saw those videos i would think wow i clearly am doing something wrong like where are these jobs at
how do i get it and i would set my expectations up unrealistically and in turn i'd be so dissatisfied
okay i'm sorry i had to take a little break here i gotta go get water
um okay i feel like this video was me just you know talking about my thoughts on romanticizing
the tech industry but i really just wanted to have a candid conversation i feel like that's our best
i just feel like you all really resonate with these kind of videos where it's just me sitting
down and being really honest with you and just sharing my thoughts and being totally unscripted
so that's what i wanted to do today but i'm curious to hear your thoughts on the topic of
romanticizing tech it's a great industry i'm happy to be in it and really building such a
big part of the future is through tech and i love that i can be part of that in any way possible and
i'm not trying to say tech is anything but a great industry but i also think it's important to
have these conversations and be real about our expectations
and what we are going into the industry with and where we are consuming our content from
anyways i hope you found this video very helpful and insightful but i'm super curious to hear your
thoughts on this topic so leave in the comments below and i will see you all soon thanks everyone
you