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Not Your Daddy's IT Force Anymore

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the relearning-the-new-skills dept.

Quill345 writes "The days of high-paying technology-based jobs right out of highschool are over. As writers for ACM report, the skill-sets required for jobs have grown over time. Academia has responded to the evolution with novel programs recruiting women and integrating IT into MBA programs. And as technology finds its way into every aspect of business life, the NSF is creating a grant program to fund service science, a blend of IT into other industries. Researchers at City University of NY are working on an NSF-funded project to infuse technology into Liberal Arts courses taken by students who are in primary tech-producer or tech-consumer majors. What are these crucial modern skills? Knowledge of laws like the DMCA? Interpersonal and group work skills? Experience with different technology platforms? The ability to discriminate between useful and useless information sources?"

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  1. Cheaper jobs? by sperdich · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So? What does this means??? Cheaper IT Jobs everywhere? http://perdichizzi.com.ar/

    1. Re:Cheaper jobs? by sperdich · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      It's like we've been a kind of 'elite workers' for quite time. But this is ending. I can see that... I'm better start to find another way of living... I don't like plumbing. http://perdichizzi.com.ar/

  2. So what's up with the new theme? by Tim_F · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It looks even worse than the original. Anyone else agree?

    1. Re:So what's up with the new theme? by C_nemo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I wish they would move the moderation scores closer to the post topics.(And lose the 'fancy' colapsable menus). I think the new theme is kind a 60-70% hit, nothing spectacular...

    2. Re:So what's up with the new theme? by red_kenotic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's much easier to read. I like it. For the rest - it will grow on you.

    3. Re:So what's up with the new theme? by jo7hs2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, it is kinda making me feel somewhat nauseated. I don't like the skinny font and wide open spaces.

    4. Re:So what's up with the new theme? by ajs · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      I've noticed a few things:
      • Page loads are faster for very large articles that have hundreds of responses
      • The indentation is a bit harder to make out for threading, but I imagine that comes with the benefit that deeply nested conversations won't be so squeezed
      • The default font is much smaller on my display than the origianl (I'll have to look at overlaying my own CSS to fix that, since most sites are fine)
      • Getting the moderation scores away from the subject, IMHO, will lead to less emphasis on their meaning. I filter to a 3, and beyond that, I'd rather just read without the score being a major factor.
      Overall, I like it. Congrats to the winner!
  3. You see what plumbers are making these days? by JazzLad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Never underestimate the laziness of the American Public :)

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  4. Obligatory "The Prisoner" joke. by Stoned+Necromancer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am not a number, I am a free NaN.

  5. OFF TOPIC but... by GaBTGurl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    has anyoen noticed the big drop in posts this morning? Methinks it MIGHT have something to do with this totally horrible OMG PONIES/MAC/Futuristic new layout for /. Not even an official announcement from TACO (U asshole!)

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