ProThink Blog
Straight, no-hype guidance for freshers breaking in, experienced professionals staying relevant, and the parents & mentors guiding them — grounded in ~25 years in the industry and the book The Resilient IT Professional.
The best thing a parent can do is guide from an accurate map. But the IT job market has changed so much that the map many parents carry is quietly out of date. Here's what's actually different now.
Read article →When a child's career stalls, parents often reach for control — more advice, more pushing, more worry out loud. But the role that actually helps is quieter and harder: being the steady base they navigate from. Here's what that looks like.
Read article →Every parent wants to support their child's career; almost none want to pressure it. Yet the line is thin and easily crossed. Here's a positive model of support — being a resource, not a boss — that helps without pushing.
Read article →Some of the most common, well-meant advice parents give about IT careers was true once and isn't anymore. Here are the specific pieces of outdated guidance worth retiring — and what to say instead.
Read article →The news says IT is collapsing. Colleges say placements are great. Coaching institutes say buy our course. Each has a reason to spin it their way. Here's how a parent can cut through the noise to what's actually true.
Read article →Parents agonise over which engineering branch will secure an IT future — CSE or nothing, many fear. Here's how much the branch actually determines an IT career now, and what matters more than the label on the degree.
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