Choosing Your Path
You should think considerably before choosing your niche, it requires a thoughtful and strategic approach. Instead of blindly chasing the latest trends invest time in identifying the real business challenges faced by businesses and founders. Do not just analyze the tech giants and their business needs but you can do an analysis of small businesses which present equally compelling challenges. Gaining insights from these we are going to create our expertise to address practical needs, significantly enhancing our relevance in the job market.
- If you like to break down complex topics into simple words and can easily communicate yourself then teaching technical things such as DSA, system design etc. then teaching may be your calling.
- If you can easily explain or articulate technical stuff in an engaging manner then you can consider going into technical content writing.
- Software testing is often overlooked which is one of the crucial steps in the SDLC cycle. It ensures the quality of the software and tries to find any bugs or errors in the codebase before releasing it to the end users.
- With an increasing threat to digital data, data security is of utmost importance, if you are passionate about data security then cyber security can become your niche.
- Data Analysis is also a popular field that is growing in demand. The primary aim of data analysis is to gain insights from vast datasets.
Don’t Follow Crowd as An Engineering Student in 2024
In the competitive field of engineering “everyone’s doing it” can be hard to ignore. Remember the times when everyone was doing DSA or even now for getting placed at FAANG companies? Although these companies were hiring in bulk and asking DSA questions a very small percentage of students could get a job. Then came the trend of Full Stack developers and everybody started preparing for the same.
These days AI/ML and data Science have seen a boom and everyone seems to be going for this. Now the question arises whether chasing the hottest trends can be the definite path to success. Probably the answer is no as the crowd gets too big, the competition too fierce a very small percentage of these aspirants get a high-paying job or any job. This article is going to help you discover your niche, build expertise, and stand out in a crowded field.