Skills for the future
Whether you're seeking employment or already have your dream job, it's always beneficial to learn new technical skills. Picking up knowledge that you can talk about in an interview and use on the job, can have a huge impact on an employer. But in a field that's constantly changing, how do you know which skills to hone in on? Here's an awesome list from TechRepublic's Justin James of the 10 skills developers will need in the next five years:
1. One of the “Big Three” (.NET, Java, PHP)
2. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
3. Web development
4. Web services (REST, SOAP, JSON, XML)
5. Soft skills
6. One dynamic and/or functional programming language
7. Agile methodologies
8. Domain knowledge
9. Development “hygiene”
10. Mobile development
Read the full article here, and let us know what you think about Justin's advice!
-Meghan
7 Comments
Yang Luo said:
I can't believe there is no native programming language or related skills...
Even if you do not need to build the OS, a programmer knows C/C++/OS/VM/ASM...better will usually demonstrate much better coding skill and efficiency. This is very important although "Big Three" are the most common used.
This, however, does NOT mean programmers with good native knowledge base should not use .NET/Java/PHP. To error is human - new languages can still greatly boost their productivity because they can make less mistakes.
Leo Liang said:
Use the best tool for the best job :)
David said:
I will consider C/C++ as a must-know language for every non-web developers.
Grady Laksmono said:
Good things to know! :)
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Freelancer München said:
Yeah Use the best tool for the best job :)
Faryal Humayun said:
Even despite recession, the IT sector has not experienced a sharp decline. The number of IT jobs posted on various jobs are still in high number.