In your job, each project comes with new challenges. This is the best part of the job. It makes you learn new things. It is important to update yourself with the latest and emerging trends of the technologies.
The following ways can useful for you to update yourself with the emerging trends.
Web Media
Web media consists of the blogs, podcasts and forums. You can find blogs that are used to fulfill your purpose. You read the experts who start writing about the emerging trends. For example-You are searching for Java and you Google for Java. Automatically you get numerous blogs for Java.
Print Media
Print media is the best medium for the people to get to know about the emerging trends. This can become a great source. I am adding a caution of the topic over here. Often times these books and other stuff may not contain the latest stuff you want. You should not fully rely on books and magazine. Sometimes you did not get the source as you want from the books and magazines. As a primary source, you can rely on them.
Social Media
Most of you are active users of twitter and facebook. This is a special category, I have added. This is the one best ways to be above the best trends. Some of you finding twitter useless. You can sign up for twitter and follow the one you want. You can use Facebook and Instagram as well to get to know about the trends. Facebook and Instagram are the most popular form of social media in the virtual world.
Conclusion: Increase in competition has made the need to update with emerging trends. Work well with the competitors. In this competitive world, you need to know about the latest world. The internet is the best source for you.