IT to me is...
getting information out, storing information,
sharing it with people.
IT is innovative.
Taking all the information that's out there
and pulling it together in a meaningful way and presenting it to the user.
IT is a tool for knowledge and craft for today and tomorrow.
The question is what is not effected by IT
and computers these days?
I’m Michelle, I’m a Senior Software Developer
at EffectiveUI in Denver, Colorado.
EffectiveUI creates custom software not only just for the internet,
but for mobile applications, or the iPhone.
People have very different disciplines in which they excel
and bringing that out all together makes for a really fantastic environment.
some of the people here are just brilliant.
Juan is very quiet.
Yeah.
He's exceptionally brilliant.
He's one of those people who could be king of this universe if he wanted to.
Cool.
One of the projects I was involved with was an iPhone application that allows
doctors to monitor their patients
so they could look through the vital readings right from their phone
My background is primarily in creative thinking
so that's kind of where my passion still lies,
I think there's an excitement for everybody in this office to be able to play around with
kind of the latest and greatest technology
and create solutions that they themselves would enjoy using.
With information technology I mean, it constantly has me around computers
and I learn something new every single day.
My name is Kiawa Lewis.
I’m a geographical information systems technician at TechniGraphicS.
We’re adding features. So basically we’re just making this more of a clarification
for the person that we’re doing this for;
or the company or contractor who you’re doing it for.
just about everything that we do is secret
you gotta be careful about how you tell people what your job entails
or who you work for, and things like that.
I feel like some type of secret agent, you know what I’m saying?
I've been told by others that hear about my job that I probably have
the most fun job ever and I do. We test exciting new technologies
that exist in the marketplace or that are just now starting to be developed.
I’m Sandy K. Simon, I’m the director of strategy
for Utility Innovations and Smart Grid at Excel Energy here in Denver.
Smart Grid is really the infusion of technology
for all aspects of the energy pathway
so all the way from the fuel source to the end use into the customer's home.
As you continue to see our world become more digital
I think you'll see that need continue to grow for people that have
a technology background.
I really love working on computers.
I really like the user interface. I like Windows. I like Macs.
My name is Manny, I’m an IT support specialist
and I work at Comcast in Colorado.
I'm in charge of supporting eleven hundred computer systems
and so if there's a problem with their computer system
they contact me.
It's very fast paced, detail oriented, and you have to know what you're doing.
IT, this is Manny.
Because the last thing you want to do is bring a user down or lose their data.
I'm well compensated for what I do, and you know there's nothing like being paid
for doing something that you really love.
And then while I'm in the air, I can do swipes to actually perform different tricks.
I’m Brian Robbins, I’m the Studio Head for Fuel Games Denver.
We’re an iPhone game development studio here in Denver, Colorado.
As studio head, my job is to make sure that my team has games to be building.
my background is programming, I've spent about ten years programming
everything from Flash & Shockwave games to what we're doing now.
And in fact our latest game, “Vans Skate Pool Service” game for the iPhone.
I was actually helping out a lot with the programming there.
The best thing about the video game industry is that it's very open
and very accepting of a lot of different types of people.
The people that work out the best are people that are able to
see things that other people haven't seen, envision things that other people
haven't been able to envision before and express those in a digital form
or even on paper.
This is what virtual worlds allow you to do.
I wanted use my skills in a different way to, I guess really kind of prepare the next
generation, and to be able to help the kids, especially the Native American kids
and really kind of expose them to technology.
I’m Calvin Pohawpatchoko. I Belong to the Comanche Tribe
and a member of the Colhata Clan, and I am a PHD candidate
in the ATLAS program here at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Those who don't have the technical skills will get left behind
and those that do have technical skills will end up having skills
that are needed to obtain the jobs for today.
Colorado has a fantastic entrepreneurial ecosystem
especially around software and internet type businesses.
My name is Brad Feld, I’m Managing Director of a venture capital firm
in Boulder called Foundry Group.
If you look at the specific areas that the state has really focused on in terms of
advancing innovation it's around new energy economy, it's around aerospace
it's around bio, and you're seeing an awful lot of activity around IT and software
as well. So I think all of those as places to be are incredibly exciting.
IT and software is a stable place to be partly because the demand for people
far outweighs the supply.
I think technology is kind of a foundational kind of thing to have in your tool box.
As long as you know computers you can have a job anywhere.
I think girls tend to think that it's still not as cool to be smart
but it is pretty cool to be smart, actually.
Women, minorities, they bring different perspectives to your team
and to how to solve problems.
It certainly is open. There's no barrier to keep you out.
We're in the midst of that transformation
from a non-digital world to a completely digital world
the ability to very seemlessly engage with people somewhere else in the world
radically changes your ability to interact with them.
The people that get to work from home more often
and be more flexible with their work schedule, are the technologists.
I can bring my dog to work. I can work from wherever I feel comfortable.
If I feel more comfortable working from home or if I want to work from
the beach in Antigua I can work from there as well.
I have a job where I go in and I enjoy it and I do it and I make great money doing it
and then I go home and ride one of my bikes.
The last 20 years of my life and my business career have been unbelievable
in terms of the change that I've seen. I think the next 20 years are going to be
even more unbelievable and exciting.