Technology Boom is Making Jobs
It seems that the technology s booming faster than the babies did once upon a time, and leaving some work places short enough on qualified technology experts that they are in some cases resorting to drastic measures to entice the right people in.
The snag in the system is that the lifespan of an employable technology worker is exceptionally short. The following excerpt is from an article in Business Week:
There was once a time when a man working in the tech industry could make a good living and have a steady career - my father was working as a computer programmer in the 1970's and making $100 an hour at it. Today, however, the landscape is changing fast and those working in technology have to move faster to keep up with the pace it is setting.
To stay in the field a person needs to be working in their work time and studying the next big thing in tech programming in their free time. It makes it a job that requires as much dedication as any home based business, so I would think that it would be one that could be very well suited to looking toward as a home business base.
With the evolving technology and the revolving door on big business tech jobs, it would seem to me that the market is primed for those who have the skills to set up consulting businesses where they can work for however long the larger company needs their specialized skills, then move on to the next business in a freelancer style when their skills are no longer what the first company requires.
The freelancing IT marketplace can work to keep the person with the skills working and give the companies the workers they need, when they need them, without the need for hiring and firing regular employees - which can earn a big business a bad reputation.
If you are skilled in IT engineering, or looking for a new direction to go in your education, you might think of how your skills could work in this growing and ever evolving needs market segment.
The snag in the system is that the lifespan of an employable technology worker is exceptionally short. The following excerpt is from an article in Business Week:
Companies tend to hire people with IT engineering degrees, use those skills for five years, and then they want a new crop, says Cappelli, who researches human resource practices and talent management.
There was once a time when a man working in the tech industry could make a good living and have a steady career - my father was working as a computer programmer in the 1970's and making $100 an hour at it. Today, however, the landscape is changing fast and those working in technology have to move faster to keep up with the pace it is setting.
To stay in the field a person needs to be working in their work time and studying the next big thing in tech programming in their free time. It makes it a job that requires as much dedication as any home based business, so I would think that it would be one that could be very well suited to looking toward as a home business base.
With the evolving technology and the revolving door on big business tech jobs, it would seem to me that the market is primed for those who have the skills to set up consulting businesses where they can work for however long the larger company needs their specialized skills, then move on to the next business in a freelancer style when their skills are no longer what the first company requires.
The freelancing IT marketplace can work to keep the person with the skills working and give the companies the workers they need, when they need them, without the need for hiring and firing regular employees - which can earn a big business a bad reputation.
If you are skilled in IT engineering, or looking for a new direction to go in your education, you might think of how your skills could work in this growing and ever evolving needs market segment.
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