It’s that time of year, I know, when companies and various pundits vie for your attention with predictions about the coming year. Here’s an unsurprising cluster from Computer world:
Am slightly more impressed with (but only slightly) with Network World’s suggestion that “the employment of tech and computer occupations is expected to grow 12% by 2024″, more than all other sectors, and that within this, we will need more VR Engineers and Cognitive Computing experts. That’s virtual reality and AI-type skills coming to the fore. No, you didn’t hear it here first, and no doubt you’ll be hearing it again for a while. Don’t panic, there’s likely a new set of skills predicted for 2020, but they all amount to pretty much the same thing — be smart with technology and your understanding of humans. Sound familiar?