Beggars Can't Be Choosers
One of the bigger issues facing IT professionals is: “the challenge of building experience“.
This challenge exists because employers still require experience for hiring, even when you need their jobs to build experience!
It’s the classic Catch-22: “chicken or egg which came first challenge” that may be solved through internships or full-time jobs.
However, internships are getting increasingly competitive (Read More …) and employers are still insisting on handson experience before making job offers.
Why Internships Are Hard To Get
For a while, internships helped provide the missing handson experience to IT professionals learning new skills or transitioning careers.
There is an increased demand for business analysts with software skills or a wider range of skill sets. Because of that, I am getting more questions on how to deal with this trend. Some of the questions are:
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What software skills are needed by business analysts?
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Should business analysts be made to learn computer programming?
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What software packages programs are required for business analysis jobs?
Another reader also posted this question, should business analysts have in depth knowledge of SQL, Access, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and Reporting writing software?
The job market for computer programmers has virtually exploded in the last ten years, and appears set for strong growth for the foreseeable future. I would like to show you what is driving up the demand for computer programmers, especially today7.
Inspite of outsourced Information Technology jobs, there is a net positive increase in staffing for computer programming jobs, because the fundamental demand for hi-tech skills based on the US economy is quite strong.
Expectations for the current job market
A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive found that:
One of my computer programming coaching clients inquired about the difference between web developer careers and windows developer careers, their different tracks of study and which has a higher demand at this time.
And my response is:
Windows developers create applications known as thick clients that reside on the desktop, while web developers create applications known as thin clients that are viewed through a web browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.).
- Aspiring windows developers have to learn windows application development using tools like Visual Basic, C#, C/C++. Beginning web developers have to learn web application development using tools like Visual Basic, C#, PHP, ASP.NET. Beginning web developers also have to learn browser based technologies including CSS, JavaScript and HTML.
The strong local economy is driving up the demand for SQL developers. The reason is that the demand for SQL development skills is tied to the increasing demand for web, intranet and internet application development skills which is driven by the increased need to automate business operations as they grow in complexity, expand in size and become more profitable than ever.
Why are SQL developers needed, what do SQL developers do, how can you become a SQL developer and what makes SQL developers different from other developers? These are some of the questions I will be addressing next.
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