Getting the degree while working full-time

T echnology advances at a rate that exceeds our ability to keep up with it; today's technology may be obsolete tomorrow. It's difficult to predict how the world will change as we grow older; as a result, many individuals, including me, have been concerned about future employment. Many current jobs will perish or evolve as digitalisation progresses. According to a report by McKinsey , the demand for deeper technical and programming knowledge will increase as much as 55% by the year 2030. As a Turku University of Applied Science (TUAS) student, I will discuss my own and peers' perspectives. Automation and artificial intelligence will accelerate the shift in skills that the workforce needs. Illustration 1: Skill shift: Automation and the future of the workforce ( McKinsey Global Institute, 2018 ).     U sing my study time efficiently at TUAS, I improved many digital skills. Although my studies were mostly oriented toward digital marketing, I still was able to study other vari