Computers in the Workplace
Information Technology is used in just about every industry. One industry many people may not correlate IT with is the construction industry. I have eight to nine years of experience in the construction industry. When thinking about Information Technology, I couldn’t think of when or how we used it other than using our mobile devices to call each other. When I did construction, I mainly did the framing, which is the process of building walls, floors, and roofs. IT was building the wood frame of the house hence the name framing. As a grunt worker, I mainly used nail guns, measuring tape, or hammers to get work done. But there were times when we would need to do some math to make sure things were square, so we would use a calculator or a phone to do the Pythagorean theorem. Besides using our phones and calculators, our boss or superintendent would look at the plans and use a computer to order supplies. Regarding the plans or blueprints, Architects use CAD (Computer-aided Design) to dra...