Wednesday, July 28, 2021

g-f(2)397 THE BIG PICTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE (7/28/2021), CIO, 6 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete




ULTRA-condensed knowledge


Alert, The secret to future-proofing any IT career is diversification
  • In a recent Deloitte survey, a majority of CIOs said that one-third of their staff’s current skill sets will not be relevant in the next three years. 
  • 68% of executives surveyed by Deloitte said their organization’s skills gap is “moderate-to-extreme,” with 27% rating it as “major” or “extreme.”
    Lesson learned, Ensure your career continues to thrive
      • Broaden your skills beyond previously high-demand niches to ensure your career continues to thrive in the hybrid, cross-functional, cloud-based future of IT.
                Alert, Changing skills and roles
                  • “Employees who are generalists with broad skills, but no contemporary areas — cyber, cloud, etc. — of subject matter expertise will likely struggle to remain relevant in current or future positions,” Susie Cummings, a principal and national leader of IT services at BDO Digital says.
                  • “We’re also seeing the lines blurred between IT and business. Being a purely technical resource without the ability to navigate conversations with business leaders about the value of a future IT investment may increasingly cause challenges.” 
                  • Those who excel at individual programming languages currently in use may feel a sense of security, but the need to understand multiple languages will grow quickly in the next few years, says Ivan Panchenko, co-founder and deputy CEO at Postgres Professional.
                  • Tony Lysak, CEO at the Software Institute, argues that IT skills have limited lifespans and says that scripted testing is one that’s fading. 
                  • Roles like systems administrators and network engineers are quickly moving to niche roles within cyber and cloud where new software vendors and products are appearing on a weekly basis.” 

                    Genioux knowledge fact condensed as an image


                    Condensed knowledge


                    Alert, The secret to future-proofing any IT career is diversification
                    • In a recent Deloitte survey, a majority of CIOs said that one-third of their staff’s current skill sets will not be relevant in the next three years. 
                    • 68% of executives surveyed by Deloitte said their organization’s skills gap is “moderate-to-extreme,” with 27% rating it as “major” or “extreme.”
                      Lesson learned, Ensure your career continues to thrive
                        • Broaden your skills beyond previously high-demand niches to ensure your career continues to thrive in the hybrid, cross-functional, cloud-based future of IT.
                                  Alert, Changing skills and roles
                                    • “Employees who are generalists with broad skills, but no contemporary areas — cyber, cloud, etc. — of subject matter expertise will likely struggle to remain relevant in current or future positions,” Susie Cummings, a principal and national leader of IT services at BDO Digital says.
                                    • “We’re also seeing the lines blurred between IT and business. Being a purely technical resource without the ability to navigate conversations with business leaders about the value of a future IT investment may increasingly cause challenges.” 
                                    • Those who excel at individual programming languages currently in use may feel a sense of security, but the need to understand multiple languages will grow quickly in the next few years, says Ivan Panchenko, co-founder and deputy CEO at Postgres Professional.
                                    • Tony Lysak, CEO at the Software Institute, argues that IT skills have limited lifespans and says that scripted testing is one that’s fading. 
                                    • Roles like systems administrators and network engineers are quickly moving to niche roles within cyber and cloud where new software vendors and products are appearing on a weekly basis.” 

                                          Category 2: The Big Picture of the Digital Age

                                          [genioux fact deduced or extracted from CIO]

                                          This is a “genioux fact fast solution.”

                                          Tag Alerts those traveling at high speed on GKPath 

                                          Type of essential knowledge of this “genioux fact”: Essential Analyzed Knowledge (EAK).

                                          Type of validity of the "genioux fact". 

                                          • Inherited from sources + Supported by the knowledge of one or more experts.


                                          Authors of the genioux fact

                                          Fernando Machuca


                                          References


                                          ABOUT THE AUTHORS


                                          Paul Heltzel


                                          Paul Heltzel (@lifetronics) is a writer and editor, formerly of Discovery News, National Geographic, NPR, and PC World magazine. He lives on the Rappahannock River in Virginia with his wife Deborah and their three kids.


                                          Key “genioux facts”








                                          By
                                          Labels: , , , ,

                                          Featured "genioux fact"

                                          g-f(2)2250 Visualizing Progress: The g-f New World's Viral Image

                                            Viral Image of the Day in the g-f New World (4/18/2024) genioux Fact post by  Fernando Machuca  and   Bard  ( Gemini ) The Viral Image of ...

                                          Popular genioux facts, Last 30 days