26. Being related to the boss.
27. Being a suck up.
Thanks! Great post!
I am in the market for a job and it’s funny how stupid little certificates make a difference.
I spent 2 years of my life and thousands of dollars to get an MBA. It doesn’t make the phone ring.
I spent 3 days and $100.00 to get qualified as a “Scrum Master” and the phone rings off the hook.
Same for a “PMP” qualification or “Prince2” in the UK.
Hoping to land something soon...
Interesting - the first and second skills are the ones my employer is pushing us to learn.
All need math and mad computer skills. Hmm...
I dont see C# or .NET or WPF MVVM up there...
which seems odd- I am getting 5-10 calls per week
What happened to accounting?
That list is racist.
I'm thankful I got into BI/Big Data before BI and "Big Data" were tech buzzwords/terms.
The biggest problem for our shop is getting qualified people to fill positions for DBAs, BI developers, and experienced Data Analysts.
#4 and #6 might become #1 and # 2 by this time next year.
More proof that most degrees today are nothing but Instant UnEmployment Degrees or IUED’s as one of our younger relatives labeled them close to two decades ago.
Google and other hi tech companies and the handful of good universities are scouting for new recruits, starting at the intermediate level of schools. They also send their scouts out to the Math Olympics, Odyssey of the Mind contests and other settings where young and smart kids show their talents and work habits.
We know of a young 15 year old girl with a high IQ, excellent verbal skills with adults and has excellent abilities/skills in math and foreign languages. She has “visited” Stanford 3 times by Stanford’s invitations, since she was 11 years old and will be going again next year.
All these seem to me that they are highly unstable carreer paths. In other words you are easily replaced and these jobs can be easily offshored.