With new technologies emerging at an unbelievable speed, learning has to be a lifelong process. In the same measure, it was equally important to acquire the skill of unlearning the dead technology to keep pace with the emerging ones.
It may sound incredulous to unlearn, but it’s one of the best ways to learn the new skills required for not just keeping a job, but also to progress in it, said V. Laxmikanth, managing director of Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd, addressing the engineering students and those who have just stepped out of colleges.
He was sharing his views at a session on ‘What Industry Wants’, a series of talks by industry heads for the benefit of students, organised by TalentSprint in association with The Hindu . This was the third in the series of talks held in the city.
Urging the youngsters to be courageous, Mr. Laxmikanth said every individual was a hero for himself or herself or that’s what they should consider themselves as. This confidence comes from learning new things and the ability to learn. One needs to be different in a crowd to impress the recruiter and make progress in his/her career, he added.
A lot of students plan to study or progress, but plans were nothing and planning was everything, he said, adding that the focus should be on meticulous planning rather than just making a plan.
And this can be done by focussing on the priorities in life and career. He asked the students to jot down three accomplishments, three skills and three disappointments that were likely to be faced by them in five years from today.
He said marks were not everything when one goes to a recruiter. Understanding a business was more important than IT as it was just an enabler. A lot of times, the college context was not useful for a job.
Artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, Internet of Things were some of the focus areas of the future, he said.
Earlier, Shanthanu Paul, CEO of TalentSprint, spoke on what made them and The Hindu come together on ‘What Industry Wants’. He revealed that WhatsApp was being used by millions of people, but only 50 engineers were working for it as of now. This is how the technology works and one needs to be highly competitive for which TalentSprint offers help.
