Technology/Twitter
4 Reasons to Get on Tech Twitter Now
Twitter helped me so much in so many ways!
‘Tech’ Twitter is the term used to refer to the Twitter community who have an interest in technology. This includes people working in tech, studying tech-related degrees, freelancers, self-taught technologists and everything in between.
I discovered Tech Twitter around 2 years ago and genuinely benefitted from the people on it. Here are 4 ways I made the most out of Tech Twitter:
Opportunities
Opportunities! Opportunities! Opportunities!
Tech Twitter is a goldmine when it comes to opportunities! This isn't just limited to jobs, it also included tweets about free courses, events, programmes, etc.
Let me give you a few examples.
At the beginning of lockdown, someone tweeted that IBM was offering free data science courses and I was really interested in getting into data science at the time. I clicked the link in the tweet and ended up doing a few courses.
By the way, a lot of these courses are still available for free here.
Last year, someone from my Twitter network retweeted that there’s a beginners web development course offered by 2 amazing…