“Digital Futures” is a free programme from top IT companies in Ireland to inform students about careers in technology and engineering. The technology sector is the largest employer in the country at present – up to 4 times that of other sectors. With approximately 4,500 current vacancies in the technology sector in Ireland and further growth predicted, our aim is to help students in Ireland take the first step towards thinking about a career in technology.
On February 26th Sean O’Gorman, a past pupil of the school, visited Mary Immaculate Secondary School to speak to the TY pupils on careers in the digital sector. Sean works for IBM in Galway. He was delighted to visit his old school and renew acquaintances with some of the teachers that taught him. The TY students were very interested in what he had to say.