The IT Industry and the 2007 Market : The IT Industry and the 2007 Market William F. Slater, III, PMP
July 2007
Career Planning 1960 - 2000 : Career Planning 1960 - 2000 It used to be pretty simple…
Challenges : Challenges William F. Slater, III – Copyright 2003 You Keeping up
With technology Strong
Trend
Toward
Offshore
Jobs Not enough
Time for
Everything Keeping up
With the
Demands of
Your boss and your job Keeping up
With Family
Obligations Moore’s Law
Will help
Make your
Computer obsolete
In 36 – 48 months Microsoft
Never
Sleeps Staying healthy,
Getting
Enough Rest
Eating right
Watching your
weight Commoditization
Of skills For All
IT Professionals
In 2007
What’s Driving the Industry? : What’s Driving the Industry?
Moore’s Law – The Fifth Paradigm : Moore’s Law – The Fifth Paradigm Kurzweil expansion of Moore's Law from integrated circuits to earlier transistors, vacuum tubes, relays and electromechanical computers.
Moore’s Law : Moore’s Law The number of transistors on a piece of silicon will double every 18 months for the same or cheaper cost
First published by Gordon Moore of Intel Corporation on April 19, 1965 in Electronics magazine, Vol. 38, No. 8
It has held true since it was published
Moore’s Law – Applied to CPUs : Moore’s Law – Applied to CPUs
Moore’s Law – Applied to CPUs : Moore’s Law – Applied to CPUs
Moore’s Law – The Future : Moore’s Law – The Future Because of Moore’s Law, computers get cheaper and more powerful, constantly.
Moore’s Law – The Future : Moore’s Law – The Future Image Credit: Intel. From the Intel Developer Forum Spring 2005
The Economic Impact of Moore’s Law on CPUs and Memory : The Economic Impact of Moore’s Law on CPUs and Memory Source: http://blogs.business2.com/business2blog/hardware_itchips/index.html
Does Moore’s Law Apply to Anything Else? : Does Moore’s Law Apply to Anything Else? Yes – People!
Employers in 2007 want many more skills for the same or less amount of money!
1997 and 2007 : 1997 and 2007 1997 Programming Database Administration System Administration Scripter Network Administration Security Specialist 2007 Business Analyst Business Analyst Project Management The job market now expects all of these
functions to be done by one
highly skilled IT professional
for about $85,000 / year Each of these functions used to represent one highly skilled IT professional… And at the top of their career, each was making about $85,000 / year But No… $595,000 !
1997 and 2007 : 1997 and 2007 1997 Programming Database Administration System Administration Scripter Network Administration Security Specialist 2007 Business Analyst Business Analyst Project Management The job market now expects all of these
functions to be done by one
highly skilled IT professional
for about $85,000 / year Each of these functions used to represent one highly skilled IT professional… And at the top of their career, each was making about $85,000 / year Note: $85,000 in 2007 USD = $62,000 in 1997 USD They want… $595,000 ! $85,000 !
6 Skills CIOs Want in New IT Workers : 6 Skills CIOs Want in New IT Workers Source: http://www.cioinsight.com/slideshow/0,1206,l=&s=&a=217671,00.asp
Back to Moore’s Law and Hardware : Back to Moore’s Law and Hardware
What Happens When Moore’s Law Hits the Brick Wall *? : What Happens When Moore’s Law Hits the Brick Wall *? (*) “The brick wall refers to the smallest possible building blocks for these transistors--atoms and molecules.” Beebe
What Happens When Moore’s Law Hits the Wall? : What Happens When Moore’s Law Hits the Wall? No more faster processors… for a while
To be competitive, software developers will have to develop programs that are optimized to this last fastest processor
Efforts will be accelerated to use technologies like nanotechnology, light switching, biotechnologies, etc., in order to bring about the next paradigm of powerful, inexpensive, ubiquitous computing.
Offshore – The Problem : Offshore – The Problem Jamaica Aims to be the
“Bill Gates”
of Jamiaca Jamaica Philippines
Offshore – The Problem : Offshore – The Problem India India Russia India
Offshore – The Problem : Offshore – The Problem Bill Gates Carly Fiorina Scott McNealy Larry Ellison Bill Clinton U.S. Congress
Offshore – The Problem : Offshore – The Problem The Internet Globalization
Rewards : Rewards For your hard work, you will either find a job or get to keep your present job. William F. Slater, III – Copyright 2003
Keeping Your IT Job - 2007 : Keeping Your IT Job - 2007 Keep your skills up
Buy and read good technology books
Create a network at home
Attend IT seminars
Join and participate in professional organizations
Don’t specialize, be strong in several areas
Get a mentor (ISOC-Chicago has a mentoring program)
Develop strong people and communication skills
Seek jobs where you get to interface with the customer directly, to assure them that you are helping make them happy
Do regular status reports
Keep the Team website updated with your work
Cheerfully volunteer for additional responsibilities
Work hard at making your boss look good and the customer happy
Be ultra-reliable: Never miss work. (Graphic from UI Springfield)
Sage Advice: : Sage Advice: The IT career field treats Stagnated IT workers the same way it treats old Computers: It gets rid of them. So keep busy honing your skills and adding new skills outside of the work place!
If Keeping Your Skills Up to Date Is Too Much to Ask… : If Keeping Your Skills Up to Date Is Too Much to Ask… There are other career alternatives…
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives Car Salesperson Fast Food Worker
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives Health Care Worker
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives Construction Worker Assembly Line Worker
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives
IT Career Alternatives : IT Career Alternatives “Would you like to swing on a Star?
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