The technical industry attracts a unique mindset and skill set. The most skilled of these folks often succeed where they may be less attracted to traditional industries. There’s an inside joke in the Neurodiversity community that “IT is inundated with ADHD” and there is data that shows technical fields do have a larger percentage of neurodiverse individuals than traditional careers. This also corresponds to Information Technology having a larger percentage of dynamic thinkers, driven by curiosity and a need for clear expectations and accountability to help them be the best they can be. The challenge is, technology is part of a business and as such, includes more traditional departments and coworkers, like Finance, Human Resources, Sales, that may result in the infusion of more traditional expectations to seep into IT.
With these expectations, the worst of the corporate world can come back to haunt those in tech who are most successful without the boundaries that limit their technical creativity, professional capabilities, and emotional health. From micro-management, lacking understanding of technology, onerous administrative tasks, and toxic coworkers. Curses, mixed with blessings, left over from the pandemic, economic downturns, and layoffs, have left us all wondering how to live our best life and still have the best career in tech.
This session will discuss some of the biggest challenges in tech today, options to overcome so we all can live an emotionally healthier life with today’s technical industry.