Critical Thinking is Critical in everyday life such as choosing a new career!

For this week’s content byte, we had to read Chapter 10 of Own your education and watch a YouTube video on how to choose the best tech career for yourself. Chapter 10 was about how to think critically and own it. According to Megan Stone critical thinking is “A broad set of skills that allows you to objectively question, analyze, and evaluate information with an open mind and to draw conclusions based on logic and credible evidence (Stone, M. 2016).” She mentions that it’s a quality that is desired and valued not only in school but also in your work environment. I have had my share of having to think critically and just hope for the best after analyzing the situation and using logic to fix the problem. The skills of critical thinking are questioning, analyzing, evaluating, open-mindedness, objectivity, and purposeful thinking. These skills are also very important when you are looking for a career.

Sandra from the YouTube video, “Choosing the Best Tech Career for You: How to Choose a Career in Tech, What to Consider, Pay, Skills” mentions that there are a good number of criteria that needs to be considered when choosing a career. You must ask yourself questions such as if you want to code, how much salary you are expecting etc. You must analyze the descriptions of the jobs that you are interested in as well as the benefits and perks. Then before deciding, you must evaluate the pros and cons and ultimately think purposefully about what to do to land that job. When reading about critical thinking I didn’t realize that we also utilize that skill when we make decisions outside of work and school. Goes to show that thinking critically is a necessity to be successful.

Citation

Stone, M. (2014). Chapter 10: Critical Thinking: How Do You Own It? In Own your education!: A student's guide to greater success in school (and life). essay, Pearson Education.

(n.d.). Choosing the Best Tech Career for You: How to Choose a Career in Tech, What to Consider, Pay, Skills. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ah6jXoO7M&t=291s.

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  1. Amy ThaoNovember 22, 2022 at 1:36 AM

    Hi Chan, I agree with your post; those skills and critical thinking are crucial to our career success. We don't realize how many of these skills we utilize daily outside of work, and however, that is how we practice them and make improvements.

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