Future Jobs' Technologies

[vicky kumar]

Hi All,
With so many jobless flooding the market and so many others (Engineers or others) getting sharper and smarter these days, I wonder what are the technologies I should prepare myself for so that I have a sound and secured (relatively :-) ) job in future. I've been looking to get into NanoTechnology as it is new and seems promising. Likewise can some suggest the promising fields to get myself prepare for. I sincerely do not believe that programming or even analysis is Computers' engineers prerogative anymore. Evryone is realising slowly that anyone who loves computers and has a basic common sense can delve and fit software market easily.
I have 7 years of experience and am pretty much comfortable with most of the software languages. But still I feel vulnerable being just a face in the crowd as I know somehow that my job doesn't need any engineering skills.
So do advice what are the hot and long lasting field in the current market.
Cheers
Upen

[Derek Grey]

Good Thought. It's always wise to accept that one's skills are "common" when they are, rather than arguing about how "better" s/he is in the same skill when compared to a million other people.
But that is not to say that after investing 7 years you just walk away from it. To stand out from the crowd you have 2 options (as far as I can see).
1. Breadth: Learn another skill/trade which can complement your present one. Form a deadly combination which can last for years.
2. Depth: Dive deeper into your present skill set. Learn more in the same field and apply more. (*** Warning: One has to be EXTREMELY innovative to succeed this way).

[Mark Ju]

How about learning to sell? I believe being able to sell a technology or product will be an invaluable tool that will carry you for the rest of your career, no matter your chosen field. Having a technical background gives you a step ahead as far as selling technical products/technologies.
If you are talking about specific technologies that are important, I would consider:
1.) Web services. New specifications are on the horizon therefore there are very few "experts" in web services.
2.) Pervasive applications. J2ME, Bluetooth, RFID, etc etc.
3.) Grid/Autonomic.
4.) Stable vendor products. Websphere, SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle, DB2, etc etc
I'm not sure if breaking into Nanotechnology is as easy as learning Java.

[nan sh]

Bill Gates said something like we just enter the door of software.
Yes, there are a lot people around me they know how to use some software package and called themselves as IT specialists. It is not justified.

[vicky kumar]

Originally posted by San Tiruvan:
Good Thought. It's always wise to accept that one's skills are "common" when they are, rather than arguing about how "better" s/he is in the same skill when compared to a million other people.
But that is not to say that after investing 7 years you just walk away from it. To stand out from the crowd you have 2 options (as far as I can see).
1. Breadth: Learn another skill/trade which can complement your present one. Form a deadly combination which can last for years.
2. Depth: Dive deeper into your present skill set. Learn more in the same field and apply more. (*** Warning: One has to be EXTREMELY innovative to succeed this way).