How to Launch Your Teen's Career in Technology: A Parent's Guide To The T In STEM Education (2nd Edition)

The book, “How to Launch Your Teen’s Career in Technology: A Parent’s Guide to the T in STEM Education,” is part of CompTIA’s NextUp initiative to interest teens in tech careers. NextUp is funded by CompTIA and managed by Creating IT Futures.

Charles Eaton’s “T in STEM” guide provides parents of tweens and teenagers – from middle school through high school— with an insider’s view of today’s tech careers and reveals a vibrant, diverse industry bursting with opportunities that are easier for eager students to seize than many may imagine.

Eaton provides parents and other readers with practical counsel and resources in the “T in STEM” guide:

Defining the role of a “technologist” in varied businesses and industries at companies large and small around the globe.

Busting seven common myths about technology careers, such as “Technology is all about coding and math” and “To work in technology, you need a four-year college degree.”

Scoping the level and depth of opportunity in the tech-related job market, an industry with more than half a million open positions in the U.S. at any given time.

Providing pointers for recognizing traits in young students that suggest they will succeed in technology careers.

Identifying “educational pathways”, such as makerspaces and boot camps, that motivated parents can place their tweens and teens on today that will prepare them for tomorrow – and deliver some fun and entertainment in the meantime.

Introducing readers to an array of diverse people working as technologists today, who followed a variety of paths to success.