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IT Skills
Part 1
Is information technology a good field to get into?
Which skills do I need to get a computer job?
Am I taking the right IT courses for future jobs?
I want to refresh my IT skills. Which are in demand?
It's no secret that computer skills are in high demand.
The Internet, corporate intranets, genetic research
and the year 2000 bug have helped the demand for IT
skills to grow dramatically in the past few years.
The time for so-called "year 2000 jobs" has obviously drawn to a
close, but the first three and then some continue to keep the demand
high.
Computer technology will continue to advance.
According to a paper
issued by the Office of the Vice President in early 1999, President Clinton and
Vice President Gore proposed a $366-million (28%), FY2000 budget increase for
government, information technology research. The initiative, called Information
Technology for the Twenty-First Century or IT2
for short, is intended to strengthen America's leadership in IT, advance
computing and communications to enhance our lives, and help train IT workers.
"Roughly 60 percent of the funding will go to support university-based
research, which will also help meet the growing demand for workers with advanced
IT skills."
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The government's investment in IT research in the 1960s helped to spawn today's Internet. A congressman at the time, it was Al Gore who popularized the term Information Superhighway more than 20 years ago. |
Information technology pays well.
The Vice President's paper also reports that the industry now accounts for
one-third of US economic growth, while employing 7.4 million at wages
that are more than 60% higher than average for the private sector.
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