Re-Tooling Your Skills for the Future?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday November 13, 2002 @01:02AM from the keeping-competitive-in-today's-job-market dept.

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?"

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I would recommend leaving I.T. by The_Jazzman · 2002-11-13 01:08 · Score: 0, Troll

By having to ask for skill ideas you are highlighting a much bigger problem with yourself - that is to say, you are willing to let your skills slip and then accept advice on the matter from random strangers.

No good will come from this - it will, ironically enough, hinder your progress. Possible employers shall note to ignore you in the future due to this.

Now, before someone else chips in, asking for help is a good personality trait, this much is true. However, "there's a time and a place for everything" would be rather more advisable.