Nowadays, the world is dealing a lot with the technologies and we have the chance faster than other to in touch with them because we are the students of data engineering course. We are aiming to have a high – paid job after graduation and we dream to be an authority in the field of computer science and technology. Nowadays, the big data are too complex and massive that the traditional data processing application software is unable to deal with them perfectly. Thus, we are trying to modify the technologies or even create and design a new technology to deal with those big data. We have been encourage to improve ourselves in every aspect to devote our knowledge in this big data field after the visit.
We have to develop some skills to improve ourselves to achieve our dreams. Firstly, talking about the professional skill, we are now learning the skills with the lecturers in UTM but this is not enough for us. We have to widen our knowledge about the current technologies through the seminars or the industrial visit to some companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Apple. The technologies are continuously improving and replacing existing products meaning that we must have much more specialized and precise skills to manage them.
Moreover, we also must have creative thinking in our learning process. We have to set our minds free and think out of the box so that we could come out with creative solutions. People would surely prefer an alternative solution which is able to solve various problems one-off rather than to produce a specific solution for each problem. Hence, we should think creatively and let our imagination run wild.
Besides, we also need to learn some soft skills to improve our potential in the industry. As an example, communication is a critical soft skill. As a data engineer, we must able to communicate with the clients to describe the data that we processed and explain to them about the analysis of the data. Clear and effective communication skill is required for the purpose of conveying the complex technical information to the non-technical professionals.
Furthermore, we must have a lot of knowledge about the database system because it is a new thing to the public. So, we have to apply our skills by looking into the issue regarding the big data and understand it to enable us to innovate a brand-new technology or upgrade current technologies which are capable to deal with the big data. It is our time to utilize our strengths and contribute to the company so that we will hold an important position in the company and be the best among the experts and finally achieve our dream to become a high-paid data engineer.
In conclusion, the visit had encouraged us to improve ourselves to achieve our goals and dreams. It lets us know that everyone has the room of improvement as long as you want to do it. Let’s us make our dreams come true!