Get Involved with IT
Since the dawn of man, there was technology; the knowledge of how to use the tools, the techniques, the system, the methods and the procedures, they were all present since the beginning. We may not know it but even cavemen were as their definition of smart as they can be. Using rocks and stones to get things done were as far the best tool they could find!

As we evolved, we started getting smarter and smarter, thus we used those silly old sticks and stones and made the axe. Yes, we were starting to get the hang of using the axe and other tools that our great, great ancestors made, but change wasn’t far behind, we always wanted something more! From the Stone Age, we moved on to the industrial age; the age where the people used other people to get things done in the factories. We were by as any definition of slave workers, but notice that even in the midst of all these negativity and smog (Yes, global warming was already knocking at out door that early), the evolution of technology has improved by more than ten folds! Weak materials were no longer a factor for we found out that we can also use metal in exchange for other materials like wood.

We were doing so good, but then as the military were experimenting on what others called the computer (Hello ENIAC!). They discovered that machines and people were being used too much that it occupied space and much effort, we wanted something better. We got the idea of ENIAC and developed it to what we are now using, computers. Finally, we have entered the Computer Age, wherein everyone instead of playing in the field outside laughing and enjoying the sun, are now stuck at home using their computers for work or leisure. I remembered where before when I was about 5, playing car meant extending your arms like you were holding a wheel and creating engine sounds (vroom!), now when you say playing car, it is the super pixilated version of Test Drive (fun times!).

All the machines that were controlled by people and their silly clipboards are now using these big devices called computers where it would measure up to about 30 clipboards combined. It is a wonder when you think about it, why people would exchange clipboards and pens to computers. They didn’t even know if it was such a good idea; exchanging clipboards to computers, for the computer stage was still experimental. For those that didn’t change their crappy clipboards with papers that easily get destroyed when hit with water and their oh so ever ball pen that never lets them down, unless they start to blot then in that case, scratch what I said; boo for you, the chance to change their system was already there but they didn’t do it, so together they slowly fell like the finite words in the dictionary.

The computer age was a hit to the market like MC Hammer’s song “You can’t touch this” except it didn’t fall the next week. Offices started changing their system to computerized ones because based from feedback they can increase your performance. Now when you enter work and sit down in your chair and listen carefully, you could hear people aggressively hitting their keyboards going “tick” (At least the sound wasn’t that noisy compared to the typewriter). Because of the computer, companies started advancing to better and more proficient solutions and services. But because of the upgrade, they wanted to connect from all over the world, good thing they were already doing experiments on that, they called it internet. People could now start using the internet to transfer information online. As it grew, they made the WWW or the World Wide Web, we could now start hosting information in the web and other people with the right permission could access it. The WWW becoming the world’s biggest library really helped kids a lot in their home works, thanks to them kids became so lazy that they didn’t even need to go to the library to find answers; they would just go to their computer, access the internet, and start searching about their topic.

The internet was such a hit that picking up people in a bar was almost discarded in the playbook, thanks to online dating. Almost every thing that could be put in the internet for easier access was put. Because of the internet, the percentage of couch potato’s increased. Yes, people were starting to get addicted to the internet, posting information about themselves hoping to find new friends. The words Facebook, Friendster or MySpace may come to mind, that’s the side of the people that didn’t really care how all these were made. As for the developers, they were getting so innovated that you could track anyone from any part of the world in a click. Processes that were once done by meeting the client in person was now exchanged to online systems that only require you to log on then you can do the process.

When people realized that a good paying job could be done at home with the help of the internet, developers started making codes simpler for normal people to understand; API’s for those that are coders but still can’t understand the code. Getting involved with IT or Information Technology is now as easy as walking. You may have a bit of a hard time at first but with time and a little help, you can become an expert (or seem like an expert). Hosting websites were now in our reach, sometimes even for free. For those that continue to explore the wonder of IT and get better at it may get a job in a company. They say nowadays that whoever has the best IT, is ahead of the competition.

As an Information Systems student, I realized that in our faculty, there are basically three types of IT people; those that are hardcore programmers, those that love to document the paper work, and those that re-use other peoples work but develop on it to make it better. See that last one? Anyone can get in that field, all you need is a little knowledge of IT and you can be considered an IT person.

From the start of man, to the present, technology in many forms has been there to help us make our lives easier. Now in the IT age, getting involved with IT seems like it isn’t really a bad idea, and it could be done easily. So why not get involved with IT? Who knows, you might be the one that gives another milestone after the computer age.