Skills to Get Equipped Career-wise amid COVID-19
Recently, I received an email invitation about writing an article on working from home (WFH) amid coronavirus outbreak. As an IT professional who still does much work in a traditional face-to-face way, that led to my interest in the topic, resulting in a presentation I have done privately and finally this post – this article discusses a way the pandemic has changed our lives and how I personally cope with it career-wise by getting equipped with desired skills on remote-work marketplaces. Problem – Coping with Remote Work, the New Normal A wise person once said the only constant is change – have you noticed what has changed during the pandemic? Lately, people in certain parts of the world are joking weather and safety leave* will no longer be a thing due to the boom of communication technologies such as Slack, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, which turned remote work (telecommuting) into the new normal – you and I may still need to work like usual as long as the Internet is not broken. *Whi...