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IT Leaders Will Struggle To Meet Future Demands, Study Says (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the caution dept.

When it comes to meeting future demands, IT leaders in the UK are lagging behind those in Germany and the US. From a report: This is according to a new report by Brocade, entitled Global Digital Transformation Skills Study. The report is based on a survey of 630 IT leaders in the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia and Singapore. It says that organizations are "at a tipping point" -- a point in time when technology demands are just about to outstrip the skills supply. Consequently, those that train their staff now and prepare for the future in that respect are the ones that are setting themselves up for a successful future. Almost three quarters (74 percent) of IT leaders in the UK see IT departments as either "very important" or "critical" to both innovation and the growth of their business. But the same woes reman, as almost two thirds (63 percent) think they'll struggle to find the right people in the next year.

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  1. You're outsourcing the jobs! Then you complain! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You outsource the jobs, then complain you can't find qualified workers? Bullshit.

    You're not paying them enough.

  2. The right people by cmdr_klarg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    two thirds (63 percent) think they'll struggle to find the right people in the next year.

    Translation: Idiots who will work tons of extra hours for peanuts.

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  3. Half way there by xfizik · · Score: 5, Informative

    They have the word "demand" in the article so they are half way there - now let them figure out the "supply" part of the equation. Pay more and there will be no problem with the supply of skilled people [skilled as in properly trained, motivated, primarily local workforce, not as in "outsourced to India"].

    1. Re:Half way there by mikael · · Score: 3, Interesting

      They can't - there's a housing shortage. Giving one group of workers prices the others out of being able to afford a home. Housing quality in many areas is rather grim. There''s not enough space in front of each house for more than one car, roads aren't wide enough for cars to park on either side and have more than a single truck or ambulance get through. Driveways are "shared" between homes so that different garages actually open onto the same driveway. Some homes are only sold as leaseholds (you own the house but lease the land for 99 years, and pay rent each year) rather than freeholds (own both house and land).

      In the USA or Canada, the federal government owns all non-developed land, and so they can sell it off as and when needed. In the UK, all the undeveloped land is either owned by private estates or farmers. We have to take land used for food production out of operation in order to build more homes. UK already imports 45% of food. Married couples are being forced to house share with a room each because of the shortage in the South East. There's now the problem of beds-in-sheds-to-rent in back gardens and communal rooms in London.

      https://www.vice.com/en_uk/art...

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fin...

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  4. Is there anywhere on Earth by rsilvergun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where demand for skills doesn't outstrip supply? Also, why do I make such crap wages with so little training opportunities that aren't paid for out of my pocket if supply is such an issue. It's almost as if somebody with a vested interest in having a bigger labor pool is pushing some kind of narrative. But they wouldn't do that, would they?

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    1. Re:Is there anywhere on Earth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Plumbing, too. That's actually a pretty decent career, if you can stomach it. Can't be outsourced, market is easily predictable by a guy with a spreadsheet, people are grateful for your service, etc.

      Captcha: health, lol. Yeah, wash your hands after work.

  5. Skills needed by Archfeld · · Score: 5, Informative

    4 year college degree, and 5 years experience in a technology that has only existed for 14 months and cannot be taught in a classroom outside of business anyways. The requirements are way past ridiculous and border on the insane. To top it all off the person doing the hiring hasn't a clue about the actual technical requirements needed to perform the job. They want their cake and want it for free, they want to tell you what to do, how to do it and pay you next to nothing all the while not having a clue what they REALLY want, how to do it, or the resources needed to do it with. Just another day in the life of an IT professional...

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    1. Re:Skills needed by computational+super · · Score: 3, Informative

      And they want you to do it in a wide-open bullpen office with no walls, listening to your coworkers shout on the phone, burp and talk about their dogs right next to you.

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  6. Re: Knew this since the dot com bust... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    bahaha. learned to code in school.

    Maintaining a 4.0GPA while taking two classes per semester, working 60+ hours as a lead video game tester and teaching Sunday school.

    you are a special kind of stupid arent you?

    At least I know how to capitalize my sentences.