Career Paths in Tech: 10 Roles for Le Wagon Grads

Students join Le Wagon for many reasons, whether that be gaining new tech skills, starting a company, or making a career move into a job in technology. If the aim is the latter, then there are many different career paths available for graduates of the Web Development and Data Science bootcamp.

This blog gives an overview of 10 jobs that are available in the tech industry and a little overview of what they entail. For Web Development bootcamp graduates there are opportunities as Web Developers, Product Managers, Project Managers, UX/UI Designers and Business Analysts. For Data Science graduates there are opportunities as Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers and Data Strategists.

The most trodden of the career paths for our web developer graduates (as you can imagine). As a web developer you will be creating applications and services which can be used on the internet. You'll be working closely with the product team to understand the needs of the user and you'll build new features from that feedback. 

A main part of the product manager's job is to produce product roadmaps which then allow the tech team to prioritise which features to build or which to remove. They ensure that the product is build efficiently and quickly with the latest technologies and frameworks whilst responding to the feedback of the end user.

You'll be tracking the project from beginning to end; building timelines and setting deadlines. You're fundamental responsible to the completion of the project and delegating tasks to the rest of the team. The project manager will often be reporting to senior management on the progress and any potential issues.

As a UX designer or UI designer you will be working directly with product manager and software engineers to design everything 'user interface'. You'll be building the interface and designing process flow to allow the user to comprehensively explore the site.

First of all, you'll understand the company inside and out! Enabling you to identify future needs and create solutions to meet those needs (usually in relation to software or information within a tech company). As a business analyst you'll help plan for the future to achieve the company's business objectives and goals.

Companies are collecting more and more data everyday. As a data scientist you are in charge of taking that data and making it useful whether that be through finding useful patterns within the data or using the data to solve business problems.

As a data analyst you need to be able to meticulously comb through data finding insights and analysis. This is then conveyed clearly through verbal, written and visual communication. So both communication and attention to detail are key!

As a machine learning engineer you'll be building algorithms and creating programmes that allow computers to take actions without direction from a human. The machine can then respond to it's surroundings for example without being directly controlled. 

A data engineer is someone who develops, constructs, tests and maintains architectures, like databases and large-scale processing systems. You will be transforming data into a format that can be easily analysed and will often be working closely with data scientists enabling them to work effectively. 

You must understand both the business needs and the technology requirements as well as the tools which the data scientists are using. As a data strategist you can communicate the goals of the senior management into a data driven initiatives.

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