12 IT Skills That Employers Can't Say No To

HelloWorld · #1 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 11:56 PM

HEY! Almost forgot to post this up, this is really interesting!!

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12 IT Skills That Employers Can't Say No To
Computerworld (07/11/07) Brandel, Mary

A group of experts including Google engineering manager and founding member of ACM's professions and education boards Kevin Scott identify a dozen technology skills that are in high demand among companies. These skills include knowledge of machine learning applications, which Scott says is increasing the need for data mining, data structure, and statistical modeling skills; application mobilization, which is growing in importance as mobile devices gain value as business tools; wireless networking, which raises issues of security and integration, says CompTIA's Neill Hopkins; human-computer interaction or user interface design; "true" project management driven by bias against overbudget or failed projects; and basic networking. Network convergence technicians and open-source programmers are also becoming increasingly desirable, and enthusiasm for the first group is building because of companies' decision to deploy voice over IP, Hopkins says. Traction is gaining for business intelligence skills and a familiarity with BI technologies, says Sean Ebner of Spherion Pacific Enterprises. People who combine skills with languages such as C#, C++, Java, and .Net with the ability to lead a team or coordinate projects are in demand, as are people skilled in the installation and integration of digital home technology products. Information Systems Security Association President Howard Schmidt calls attention to a growing emphasis on security skills and certification among all kinds of employers. "Everything I see in Silicon Valley is completely contrary to the assumption that programmers are a dying breed and being offshored," Scott says. "From big companies to startups, companies are hiring as aggressively as possible."

HEY HEY HEY!!! Machine Learning people are desireable!!!

Source: ACM Tech News

Lee · #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 04:45 AM

Looks like Machine Learning is something i will have to look into lol, i like networking a lot so that should help me in the future then

, also application mobilization i should be ok at, a lot of my applications will fit on a USB or something small and run as it doesnt need to be installed on each computer or anything, think i may leave developing PDA software for a while though haha.

HelloWorld · #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:35 AM

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it doesnt need to be installed on each computer or anything,

Create your application and zip them up...? LOL.. Have youe ver used Eclipse? it doesn't need installation whatsoever, and... yeah, really powerful

Lee · #4 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:37 AM

I dont think you get what i mean, when i said that i meant that there are very few files that dont need to be registered so that it can run from a USB or something on any computer.

HelloWorld · #5 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee

I dont think you get what i mean, when i said that i meant that there are very few files that dont need to be registered so that it can run from a USB or something on any computer.

Is it something like Linux application? Have you tried Knoppix?

it will run everywhere... XD

Lee · #6 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by HelloWorld

Is it something like Linux application? Have you tried Knoppix?

it will run everywhere... XD

Im not sure where your going, i said that it was an application with very few files that didn't need to be registered so it is easily portable.

HelloWorld · #7 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee

Im not sure where your going, i said that it was an application with very few files that didn't need to be registered so it is easily portable.

Sorry, probably I don't understand what you mean by

"didn't need to be registered"

can you please elaborate more what do you mean by that...?

Lee · #8 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 12:28 PM

programs that have to be registered are programs like Adobe Photoshop or something like that, say you installed it on a USB on computer 1 and registered it, if you moved the USB to say computer 2/3/4/5/etc then you would have to re-register it.

My point is my dont need to be re-registered, once they installed on a USB or something you can put it in computer 1/2/3/4/5/etc and you will not have to register it

Hope that sounds better.

HelloWorld · #9 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 02:38 PM

oOo

now I kind of get it.. haha, but I think it's pretty difficult since all computer have their own IP addresses

there's no way you can detect that from the server to where this computer is on, unless if you decide to register once just based on the serial number

rpgfan3233 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 03:12 PM

Perhaps Lee is referring to "registering" as in the program requires certain things from the system, such as things in the registry to be present, for example?

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