Esri Young Professionals Network Blog

The American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaii was an experience that has left a lasting impression on my research journey.

In this article I talk about my journey as a PhD student and how that led to me being a student presenter and award recipient at the AAG Annual Meeting. 

Esri YPN recently hosted the webinar Future-Proofing Your GIS Career: Essential Skills and Training for Success where panelists discussed skills and strategies needed to thrive in your GIS career now and in the future.

As a follow up to that webinar, I summarized the advice and strategies you can use to grow and evolve in your GIS career while also staying on the cutting edge of changes in GIS technology.

This article explains why you, the YPN professional, should care about education, beyond your own educational journey.  Why should things happening in schools and universities regarding GIS matter to you, and how can you get involved? 

The 2024 Esri Developer Summit  (Dev Summit) provided me with an eye-opening experience showcasing what GIS can do in reality beyond mapping and visualization.

My name is Jing, a senior at the University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill. I am a geographer, statistician, and modeler by training who enjoys the beautiful complexities of the human-environmental system we see through the lens of GIS. This article is about my experience as a student assistant at the 2024 Dev Summit.

My name is Ashley Román and I am a Master of Science GIS student at the University of Redlands. I recently attended the Esri YPN Redlands Chapter Meetup at Esri’s HQ in Redlands, CA where I met some amazing GIS professionals and GIS users who are trying to immerse themselves in this field, much like myself.

In this blog article I will share with you my journey that led to my passion for GIS and my experience attending the Esri YPN Redlands Chapter Meetup.

My name is Kaitlyn Esman and I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science in 2021. While I wasn’t sure of my exact career path, I found that my degree was versatile and allowed me to work with managing data and information. 

This is my journey from entering a GIS career coming from a non-GIS background.

Learn about three different resume types that can help you to be more efficient in your job search.

At the 2024 Esri Developer Summit March 12-15, I participated as a Student Assistant through Esri’s student programs. I found myself immersed in a world where the latest GIS technology advancements were discussed and showcased in real-time.

My responsibilities were diverse and engaging; not only did I assist in the registration process, but I also facilitated various sessions and supported the Esri Store. This gave me a wonderful chance to meet and greet
attendees from around the world right from the start.

Join this well-loved, free massive open online course (MOOC) opening April 3 to learn the art of cartography and discover how to create beautiful maps using ArcGIS Pro. 

As a student starting in the geography/GIS field, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge around you by people already established in their work.

It can be hard to figure out which of the many subfields of geography is right for you.

This article serves as a guide to finding your GIS calling and talks how I found my own.