{"id":12598,"date":"2021-01-01T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/?p=12598"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:59:51","slug":"laying-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/2021\/01\/01\/laying-the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Laying the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12598\" class=\"elementor elementor-12598\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e29e385 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e29e385\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9ddb54\" data-id=\"d9ddb54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b36bbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b36bbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sfContentBlock\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cBusiness and technological innovation are inextricably linked, and the demand for technology-enabled business transformation services is rapidly growing. I felt that enrolling in the NUS Master of Science in Industry 4.0 (MSc I4.0) programme would open up more doors to the fast-growing information and communications technology sector.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The multidisciplinary nature of the programme was the\u00a0biggest pull factor. It allowed me to develop a broad understanding of the latest technology trends and keep pace with the changing nature\u00a0of industries amid the age of digital disruption. Moreover,\u00a0the option to choose a graduate certificate and other electives gave me the flexibility to deep\u00a0dive into specific technology-related areas that were best aligned\u00a0to my personal interests and professional development goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The idea of lifelong employment, in a single role, with a single company, has disappeared as organisations today require workers to be dynamic and be able to thrive in a constantly-changing environment. Therefore, lifelong learning is critical for us to build up professional resilience and remain competitive in a connected, globalised, and technologised world. It is\u00a0not just about the acquisition\u00a0of new knowledge and skills \u2013\u00a0more importantly, we need to have the right mindset and aptitude to learn, unlearn, and relearn at every stage of life. This will enable one to stay relevant and be well-positioned to seize new career opportunities as they come along.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Addison Bain (Engineering \u201913), 31, technology consultant and the top MSc I4.0 student in the first cohort, on his decision to upskill and stay relevant in a rapidly-changing economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12598"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12605,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions\/12605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alumni.nus.edu.sg\/thealumnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}