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Re-Tooling Your Skills for the Future?
nojayuk asks: " Over the decades I've re-skilled myself several times, from mainframe FORTRAN through minicomputer PASCAL to microcomputer C. In between I've done microcontroller development and programming in Assembler, robotics, graphics design and 3-D animation for TV, PC build and repair, Website design etc. Currently I'm looking for work and I'm wondering what new skills do I need to stay in the computing biz. What OSes do I need to know, what technologies do I have to have under my belt for the employers to come hunting for me instead of me passing my obsolete CV around and being told to get lost? I'm looking for advice, not just for next week but for a few years down the line. What can I do to acquire these essential new skills?"
Unfortunatly many IT employees have more hanging out and over their belts as apposed to under them..
Actually it sounds like a joke but you shouldlook for buzzwords : :)
Learn Java, XML, or try to convert yourself to System Administration... You can also get some Oracle DBA certification or, if you don't mind the philosophico-political issues, get an MSCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)...
Well, the choice is yours but look for whatever sounds the most expensive *and* the biggest : Programming a desktop computer is not as promising as administering a cluster of Sun E10k...
Bon courage
Trolling using another account since 2005.
Ahh.. I see you're management material.
Firstly, forget C. This language is hardly ever used, so you might as well leave more room in your brains for something a little more useful. I'd also avoid learning Java. It's a mature language. Nobody is interested anymore unless you have at least 10 years experience.
Up and coming technologies are the more specialised areas such as Occam and INTERCAL programming. People witht these skill are rarely out of work
I'd also suggest singing lessons. A more formal working environment like that in IBM's early days is becoming typical, and as we all know, IBM used to have company songs. What better way of climbing the career ladder than showing this sort of team spirit.
Wow, he managed to get his job ad on slashdot! Ten bucks this will get him a job!
Martin
I'm getting sick of the job ads that have a shopping list of tools/techniques, right down to the version number and often requiring more years of experience with the tool than the number of years it has been in production. What say we start spamming the HR twits who create these ads - Each time you see an ad requiring 5-7 years experience in each of 7 obscure tools, send 'em a fake resume with exactly the list of skills they asked for and Dial-a-prayer for a phone number and u.r.anidiot@hrscum.com for an email address.
Maybe after receiving a few hundred of these they'll start to get a clue.
You have to leverage your existing skill-based assets to synergize with strategic technical learning opportunities so that you are empowered to become the mobile information architect of the future.
Duh.
And case mods. Make sure you have lots of case mods. Those are cool. You can be a web typist in no time!
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
For someone that can "speek fluent English", I think your proofreading skills may be the problem. picknic? cheep? to expensive?
sheesh.
But if you allready are a generalist, then adding buzz words to you CV is no problem. If you keep at it, by the time they answer to your query you will have ample time to do the reading up on what the flavor of the month does differently to any other technology of that class.
/w Beans, no problem. Even though I have never really done that before. But if you hire me I will know by the day I start.
And who is to check. I know 3 object oriented languages, distributed systems and component technology. If you want me to do J2EE
Learn the basics man! The rest is syntactic sugar.
So, get certified to teach in public schools, get jobs subbing, roam the country with nothing but a bag of clothing, your laptop and a few precious books. Go to Japan and teach english. Go to every hacker convention that you can. Better yet go get a job teaching english in Thailand and spend your nights at the bars and brothels, get addicted to opium and young girls. Learn to hack (crack). Just try to go out and have fun and screw all the polo shirt wearing, BMW/SUV driving micro$oft yuppie scum! This is the only life that you will ever have do you really want to waste it sitting in a cubicle at some faceless corporation and sucking dick at company picnics?
I agree that there is a need for technical mentors (I'm available :-)). This reminds me of an old riddle:
Q: What's the difference between a leader and a manager?
A: A leader has followers.
...richie - It is a good day to code.
The most important thing is that you are not
over 25 and that you have at least 15 years
of experience in the field of the job you
are applying for.
God is REAL! Unless explicitly declared INTEGER
a PhD. My professors work, in a long week, 3 hours a day, 3 days a week. Their pay is pretty decent too. You can sit around calling your students morons and basically do things to piss off all of your students for a nice laugh. It sure sounds fun.
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