Neither science nor technological innovation would be possible without financial incentives. Therefore, in order to fulfill your full potential as either a tech professional or a scientist, you will need to have at least a rudimentary understanding of how business works. And you will need to know how the politico-economic system that you live under affects you.
This section contains a range of articles that were written to help you understand the business side of IT and the principles behind the economic system that most of the global IT market exists under.
Social media is one of the greatest inventions of the 21st century. Facebook allows you to keep in touch with your friends, regardless where on the globe they live. If you have in-demand professional skills, LinkedIn allows you to move … Continue reading How social media is killing your dreams
Virtually every business these days gets reviewed online. And it’s a good thing. If, in the past, you wouldn’t know how good a business is unless you personally know someone who used it, today you can know it just by … Continue reading Why you can get sued for negative online reviews
Australian government has decided that big tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, must pay the news companies for any content that appears on their platforms. Af first, the tech giants tried to negotiate their way out of it. But … Continue reading Why Facebook made the right decision by blocking mainstream news in Australia
There are many ways of making money online, whether you choose to do it as your main activity or as a side project. And today, we will be talking about the method that I am most familiar with – publishing … Continue reading How to make money by creating online courses
Social media is built upon powerful manipulative algorithms that can influence behavior of its users. However, it is also a very powerful tool that can greatly aid you in education, building your business, developing your career and exerting your influence … Continue reading Taking advantage of manipulative social media mechanisms as a user
With 2020 almost here, it’s amazing to think about how much cloud technologies and the cloud industry as a whole have transformed over the past decade. While cloud technologies will continue to bring transformative change to businesses well into the … Continue reading 10 Cloud Developments that Excited Us this Decade
Whenever you watch a news report, you see that the world has many severe problems that cause people to needlessly suffer. Very often, free market, which is commonly referred to as Capitalism, is what is blamed for creating those problems. … Continue reading It’s not Capitalism that’s the problem
In the summer 2017, we have experienced a significant heat wave in England. The temperature soared well above what is normal for June and air stood still for several days. England is not a country where many residential dwellings have any … Continue reading I cannot wait for AI to take over
When I was studying at university, I wanted to become a part of something that would make the world a better place. I didn’t want to be yet another cog in a corporate profit-earning machine. This is why I have … Continue reading Remember that selfishness can be healthy and ethical
From time to time, news headlines tell us about one of big corporations avoiding a large proportion of its tax liability. More often than not, this applies to tech giants. As Google and Facebook were featured in the headlines for … Continue reading Ethical side of tax avoidance