2007-05-24 05:49:48 · 3 answers · asked by Joseph 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Technology
As a Human Resource Manager for an IT Consulting company, the resources I look for generally have a specific skillset. Our clients often have requirements asking for five or more years with a specific skill. Unless you're a generalist with 10-15 years or more experience and are able to back up your claims, it's best to focus in one area that is in high demand.
2007-05-24 08:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by DANIEL M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I saw, being sorrounded with a bunch of nerds, (sorry, I'm just joking) that own companies, they develop expertise on one area, say in rf (radio frequency) or dsp (digital signal processing) they created a guru within themselves. And as they go along, because they are experts on any of them, they learn quicker on other areas. Career in software design is good and career in hardware design is also good, but - you can't be both at the same time. When you learn one of them at a time , learning the other one will be a bit easier. hardware is a bit hard, i heard. To be a generalist, you will just become a technician or a support engineer at the end of your career because you didn't be able to situate your self in your junior years.
2007-05-24 06:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by yahoooo! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's hardly any such thing any more as a generalist in the IT field. Develop expertise in some area that you're interested in, and that has good job opportunities.
2007-05-24 06:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋