Famous People in Ever-Changing Industry of Technology

Everyone would agree that technology is a tough industry. But what would it take to overcome the obstacles and be a successful technology pro? You need certain traits which would help you in achieving success in IT. These inspiring stories of people from technology will help you identify whether you are made up of the required stuff for career in technology or not. By knowing how these people gained success in the field, you will get an idea of what it would take to become success at IT, and whether they fit your qualifications or not.

  • Brian Armstrong SuccessStory
    Brian Armstrong is one of the faces, if not the face of cryptocurrency in the United States. He co-founded Coinbase in 2012 with the hope of cryptocurrency becoming a major trade option for investors. It wasn’t long before crypto trading took off, allowing Coinbase to gr...

  • Whitney Wolfe Herd SuccessStory
    Even during the Internet’s early years, dating sites were always popular. Fast forward today, although millions of people still find potential partners through these traditional dating sites, a good chunk of singles have already shifted to using ...

  • Brian Halligan SuccessStory
    HubSpot is an industry leader in customer relationship management (CRM). It was launched in 2006 and has seen to increase in revenues since then, gener...
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    Ryan Smith SuccessStory
    It’s not surprising that the most successful of businesses are the ones that are built from strong family ties. Ryan Smith co-founded online survey platform Qualtrics together with his father Scott and brother Jared in 2002, and the strong relationship between ...
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    Daniel Dines SuccessStory
    From living through Communist Romania in the 1980s to launching a successful software company in the 2010s, Daniel Dines overcame many great struggles to get to where he is today. He now runs UiPath, a company specializing in robotic process automation (RPA) which re...
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    Melanie Perkins SuccessStory
    Only in her 30s, Melanie Perkins has already achieved great success at a young age. She is the third richest woman in Australia and the CEO of design software company Canva. But her massive success is a res...

  • BLACK HOLE’s First Image: Dr. Katie BOUMAN
    Scientists, astronomers and space researchers around the world have not been able to photograph a ‘Black Hole’ due to its strong pulling force of gravity, which neither allows matter nor light to ever escape the point of no return called the ‘Event Horizon&rs...

  • Hervé Falciani Story
    10th April 2018: The journey of the success of an individual often oscillates like the pendulum, from being selfish to being selfless. There have been many great stories of individuals, who have achieved greater success in life by being selfless rather than being selfish. ...

  • Stephen Hawking's Story
    15th March 2018: In 2006, Stephen Hawking had posed a question on the net, “In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?” How true were his words, as death engulfs the genius mind in its ar...

First of all, you need to understand that the field of technology is an ever-changing setting. You will be introduced to a new problem everyday. You might need to grapple with issues for extended time periods. So, you need to be persistent and stubborn on meeting these challenges. If you are more comfortable in a 9 to 5 job, then IT industry is not the right career for you. You may need to respond to issues 24/7. Clients and users of your products or services may be endlessly frustrating and demanding. If you are not patient, such people may quickly push you out of the industry. Not only people, systems will also test your perseverance and patience. Persistent problems may arise, and sometimes, you may lose your sanity and knock off your PC.

All these inspiring stories of people from technology will inform you about the struggles they have gone through, and how did they come out as winners.