Title :
So What is Wrong with Our Profession?
Author_Institution :
IBM Global Business Services
Abstract :
As IT tries to emerge from an identity crisis, a look at history shows that solutions are complex but within reach. The author ponders the IT profession´s cohesiveness and whether it can control its future.
Keywords :
IT profession future; IT profession history; IT profession transistion; Application software; Computer bugs; Computer industry; Design engineering; Hardware; History; Java; Productivity; Programming profession; Reliability engineering; IT profession future; IT profession history; IT profession transistion;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2006.96