The Developer´s Perspective

Author

Huntley, Christopher L.

Author_Institution

Fairfield University

Volume

44

Issue

5

fYear

2011

fDate

5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

90

Abstract

Systems development remains one of the most potentially rewarding professions, directly or indirectly relating to many of the top careers in Money/PayScale. As the economy continues to recover, recruiting top talent in technical corridors such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Northern Virginia has become extremely competitive. Despite this apparent demand for engineering talent, interest in technical careers in the US has sharply declined in recent years. Many of the most promising young people are choosing medicine, law, finance-in fact, just about anything other than engineering or computer science. The paper discusses a compelling tech story that has five elements: people, projects, problems, products, and practices.

Keywords

DP management; personnel; recruitment; Money; PayScale; engineering talent; people element; practices element; problems element; products element; projects element; systems development profession; top talent recruitment; Management; Problem-solving; Product development; Project management; Research and development; Technological innovation; Project management; Systems development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2011.158

Filename

5767730