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Go to the page | Comment | 903 | Friday 20 Nov 2009, 12:22

Hey thats me with the black IBM shirt... RT @joonaslehtinen: 2000? Java developers listening to keynote http://twitpic.com/pyu3a

Go to the page | Comment | 904 | Friday 20 Nov 2009, 12:16

The good news is that yesterday IBM approved my sabbatical year in 2010.

Go to the page | Comment | 901 | Wednesday 18 Nov 2009, 12:58

@roulive no it s professional. nice try by the way.

Go to the page | Comment | 902 | Wednesday 18 Nov 2009, 10:55

Great news for 2010 today !

Go to the page | Comment | 900 | Tuesday 17 Nov 2009, 13:18

Attende the Business Agility Event at IBM Belgium on Jan 27th 2010 : http://bit.ly/4rHU7Y

Go to the page | Comment | 898 | Monday 16 Nov 2009, 12:37

Installing the Devoxx - Conference Guide for Android « Conference Guide Blog http://bit.ly/nymt0

Go to the page | Comment | 899 | Monday 16 Nov 2009, 11:23

Photos et Vidéos du Weekend familie Declercq http://bit.ly/K6NrZ

Go to the page | Comment | 897 | Sunday 15 Nov 2009, 22:39

IT Profiles: can do attitude ?

896 | Go to the page | Comment | Thursday 12 Nov 2009, 13:30 | 3273 chars to see -

Today most technological companies are faced wihth the same problem : the explosion of technologies.

In the past there were maybe only 2 or 3 possible technologies for solving a specific problem. Today you have 10.

For example, in the 80s most of programmers in large companies would work on the IBM Mainframe. Today, there are several populations : J2EE, Oracle, Microsoft, open source, Web... You only have to look at the agenda of next week's devoxx conference to get an idea of some recent technologies which didn't exist 10 years from now.

As a result of this explosion, IT skills have to evolve. IT people have to deal with going out of their comfort zone. Here is what I identify as key skills for the future IT professionals:

Capable of Abstraction : You should be able to design a solution even if you don't know about all the details. For example, If you don't exactly how does the Spring Framework works you still know what it does and where it fits because it's a "Model View Controller" System.

Fast Learner - If you don't know at all what it is, than Google and Wikipedia are your friends. You can find out, learn, use new things very fast.

Critic : a technology might be the best on the short term but never become a market standard on the mid to long term. Learn to find out what will stay and what will disappear. It's not about technology... IT Profiles must now be aware of the pro and cons of the new technology that is constantly proposed.

Strong Communicator : Solutions become complex and being paid for implementing them requires to give trust to your customer that it will indeed work as designed. To receive and give trust, communication skills are essential.

Customer Orientation : Don't use technology because it is cool (or just do it for yourself like me ;-)), use technology because it solves your customer's pain.

Can Do Attitude : Finally, to get competitive advantage, you'll need to dare to innovate, to make new assemblies, to make new combination of the technology. The specialization of businesses makes that the designing a new solution or the winning of a new customer is a matter of pushing the limits further. Too often I see IT Professionals going back to their comfort zone and saying 'This is not a problem for me'. I believe they are wrong because IT comfort zones will tend to disappear : they can be automated (ex: DB Administration) or outsourced at a lower cost (ex: Off Shore Software Factories).

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Go to the page | Comment | 894 | Thursday 12 Nov 2009, 13:27

IT Professionals and Can Do attitude : What skills will IT Professionals need in the future ? http://bit.ly/2J9GmN

Go to the page | Comment | 895 | Thursday 12 Nov 2009, 12:40

RT @StoryLabEdition: L ebook de la semaine :Un ebook double écran sur androidhttp://tinyurl.com/y8bneah

Go to the page | Comment | 893 | Thursday 12 Nov 2009, 10:24

@spf13 because they want to know who are those weird people interested in this kind of marketing material ;-)

Go to the page | Comment | 891 | Tuesday 10 Nov 2009, 21:38

View which web pages I came across today on faves.com - http://bit.ly/1x4DyK

887 | Go to the page | Comment | Tuesday 10 Nov 2009, 13:07 | 87 chars to see -