What should be my reply to the post – I have spent my entire career in technology and currently work at JPMorganChase, where I lead a team responsible for enhancing the employee experience with workplace technology. I also co-led innovation efforts at our Jersey City location, home to over 5,000 technologists. I have held many positions at multiple large corporations, but always in technology, and for the last 25 years (by far my longest stint) at JPMorganChase.
I started my Technology career at an electric utility company, not because it offered great opportunities for technologists, but because my future father-in-law worked for the company, and I figured this was a good thing to do. Needless to say, it was a great place to work, and I learned a lot about coding business applications. I learned about the impact technology can have on operational efficiencies and organizational processes when the Online Journal Entry System I developed replaced punched cards, and when my development project was over, most of the department was let go. I was both happy for the successful project implementation and sad to see the impact on the people I knew.
Technology continues to evolve at a very rapid pace. With tools such as ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot, employees are able to leverage these tools to help them be more efficient. Leaders can leverage tools to help them be better leaders. For example, having Copilot summarize documents and or highlight the latest emails I should catch up on before a meeting helps me manage my time better and be more effective. Now coders are Software Engineers and many use AI tools to help them develop more effective programs in much less time and with many less defects.
Leave a Reply