The disconnect between education and employees
A recent network world article brought up the disconnect between students, employers and colleges. Realistically education is a tri-parte agreement between students who want to generally learn something useful for their future, educators who need to stay up on top of the technology so that they can teach it to students, and employers who will hire [...]
Three Tiers of IT and where the money is going to be
One of the research projects I am working on is how schools, business and people align themselves to develop the skills needed for the workers we need today, and going into tomorrow. Like most forward projecting projects, the data gets fuzzier as you move deeper into the future, but there are some interesting aspects of [...]
Over 50 and looking for a Job
There has been a lot of news lately on how being over 50 is a handicap when it comes to finding a new job. Realistically as the NY Times points out, along with a large body of research on being over 50 and looking that they will spend significantly mor…
How far would you go to get a job in todays market redux
Sarah Jones over at the IT Job Board UK has some interesting coverage on how far would you go to get a job in today’s market. In Mid 2009, I wrote about the idea that people would alter their skill sets and knowledge to land any gig in the area. At that point, it was [...]
Cloud Computing Globalization and the American IT Worker
There are many postings this morning about the influence that cloud computing and globalization will have on the American IT Worker. From my viewpoint Cloud Computing is a benefit to an organization requiring an entirely new mindset and skill set for any IT Worker. Globalization is the same; it requires a different view of the [...]
Bring on the Snake Oil Sales person and Mr Know it ALL
As a follow on to Cloud Camp Seattle, I met two particularly distasteful people, Mr. Snake Oil Salesperson and Mr. Know it ALL. Both are doing a disservice to everyone, and here is why these people should not be involved in your cloud computing project. Mr. Snake Oil Sales Person This is a huge problem [...]
Maybe it is time for you to do a startup
This message over on FriendFeed from Mo Kargas caught my attention this morning because I am hearing it more and more from friends, family, and people who I follow in social circles on the internet. There is a common running thread through the opinions of many people I know that work, and that is a [...]
Smaller Firms trending towards Cloud Computing
If you are in Information Technology (IT) at all, then Cloud Computing is going to be one skill you need to start working on yesterday. As more companies start seeing the economics behind cloud computing, and as computing moves towards a more utility format, this is one skill that if you do nothing else in [...]
No Outsourcing is not Immoral it is a fact of business
Dennis Stevenson over at Toolbox.com asks a very important question, is Outsourcing Immoral, the sad reality is that the debate over the morality of the process will in no way lessen or stop the process of outsourcing. Dennis (whom I respect and read on a regular basis) has asked a great question, the morality or [...]
