Jobs, Trades, Skills, and the Profession

Holmes, Neville (2002) Jobs, Trades, Skills, and the Profession. Computer, 35 (9). 104, 102-103. ISSN 0018-9162

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2002.1033038

Abstract

This essay reviews reports that the IT skills shortage is a myth and suggests that, although the shortage may well be mythical, the basic problem lies in the computing profession and industry's failure to distinguish beteen the trade of software development and the profession of systems engineering as it relates to the use of computers as a factor in the solution to problems.

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Additional Information:	This essay has been more formally published as essay 3.5 in the author's book "Computers and People" (Wiley, 2006). This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Copyright 2002 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
Keywords:	systems engineering, software development, skills shortage, computing profession
Subjects:	280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280300 Computer Software > 280302 Software Engineering 290000 Engineering and Technology > 291800 Interdisciplinary Engineering
ID Code:	1670
Deposited By:	Mr Neville Holmes
Deposited On:	24 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2008 02:30
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