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Where is the Information Systems Industry Headed?

Our university is doing some survey work to consider where the world
of IS is headed. Since most of those here work in that world, I'm
interested in your thoughts, especially if you think you have a good
feel for job skills needed now and job skills needed in the future.

The question is sort of two pronged.

First, where are IS jobs headed? Will there continue to be a
significant demand for programming skills? What type of analysis
skills (especially in terms of those that can be developed
academically) are important? Are the requirements changing -- will
things look different in the next five to ten years?

Second, what are the specific things you would think IS majors should
understand when leaving the university? Do you think any of those
things are going to change in the next 5-10 years?

Those are broad questions since I want to leave a lot of room for your
thoughts. I'd like to have some idea of what your role is in your
business and what type of business you are in if you answer (I know
some people don't like to give specifics on here and that's fine --
just "we are a manufacturing company, or I'm a private consultant" is
enough).

Lastly, I'd point out that I'm not interested in specific language
skills, etc. I'm not interested in starting another Sun/Microsoft war
or anything like that. Our philosophy is that even if we use Java/Sun
products for everything we do, you ought to be able to go into a shop
using Smalltalk or .Net or whatever and get up to speed quickly -- so
it's the broader concepts that I'm referring to.

I don't know whether I'll reply to all responses unless I'm looking
for clarification, but I promise I'll give all serious consideration.
Thanks for any ideas,

Marty McMahone
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas
Nov 20 '05 #1
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