Building your Career in High TechEngineering Career Forum, October 26, 2015
Par Marc Lijour, Director, Ontario
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Across Markets & IndustriesDisruption
7 – 10 times more impactful than the Internet revolution
Connected
Humans & Things
Cooperation &
Sustainable
Development
Digitization of
every Industry
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Quantifying the next Digital Revolution
› Gartner $1.9 Trillion› IDC $7.1 Trillion› Cisco $19 Trillion
› Sharing Economy (e.g. Uber)› IoT› SMAAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Apps, and Cloud)
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http://iot-analytics.com/top-20-iot-companies-q2-2015/
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IT can change everything
1 / Productivity
2 / Competitivity
3 / Quality of Life
4 / Pricing Models (e.g. Uber, Health Insurance)
5 / Jobs
6 / Learning Cycle
7 / Geographical Boundaries
Building a Career
Surfing the High Tech Wave
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Technology boosts Knowledge-Intensive Jobshttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/17/technology-created-more-jobs-than-destroyed-140-years-data-census
Technology has created more jobs than it destroyed over the last 140 years
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A world of Abundance
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Big Dreams become real for Entrepreneurs
http://www.businessinsider.com/fastest-startups-to-1-billion-valuation-2015-8
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ICT Labour Market Outlook
› Expectation to hire 182,000 more ICT workers by 2019 (76,300 in Ontario)
› Local talents won't be sufficient
› Multiple industries
› Higher demand for better qualified workers
› Fast increasing demand for 'business skills'
› Right-Skilling
› High demand occupations:
• information systems analysts and consultants
• computer and network operators and web technicians
• computer programmers and interactive media developers
• software engineers
• graphic designers and illustrators
• computer and information systems managers
• database analysts and data administrators
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Big Data Talent Gap
› « Missing 10,500 and 19,000 professionals with deep data and analytical skills, such as those required for roles like Chief Data Officer, Data Scientist, and Data Solutions Architect »
› Missing Further 150,000 professionals for roles such as Business Analysts
http://www.ryerson.ca/provost/partnerships/talentgap/WhitePaper.html
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The App Economy
› App economy to grow x5 in Canada between 2014 and 2019, to reach more than $5 Billion
› The total number of apps is expected to be more than 5 million by 2019 (x 2.5)
http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AppificationFeb2014.pdf
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ICTC Resources
› e-Talent Canada (http://www.etalentcanada.ca )an unique and first-in-Canada online interactive tool that provides access to comprehensive insights on talent in ICTs and the digital economy. It features ICT job trends pertinent to all sectors, e.g. instant access to info on which jobs are in-demand; who's hiring; wages; demographics; educational institution that closely respond to the industry needs; and many other important factors from a provincial and municipal level
› National Digital Talent Strategy for Canada, lead by ICTC and Microsoft(http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/strengthening-canadas-talent-advantage-in-a-global-digital-economy )
› Women in ICT (http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/what-we-do/programs/talent-programs/women-in-ict )with Status of Women Canada
› FIT Program (http://www.focusit.ca )to attract high school students to IT careers
› ICTC's Outlook 2015-2019 (http://www.digcompass.ca/labour-market-outlook-2015-2019 )most recent 5-year talent forecast for the digital economy with foreword by Janet Kennedy, Pres. Microsoft Canada
› Digital Adoption Roadmap (http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/?p=21462 )
› Reports on Emerging Technologies(http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/strengthening-canadas-talent-advantage-in-a-global-digital-economy/ )
› Other resources at http://www.ictc-ctic.ca
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Modes of Working
› 'Corporate' job› Entrepreneurship› Telework, Global Teams› Freelancing› Micro-Focused Services› Seeding Innovation
The mantra is Collaboration, Innovation, Digitization, Democratization
http://preprpie.org
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Free Innovation
› Celebrating 30 years of Free Software› Collaboration leads to Innovation› Fast Development› Meritocratie› Master the skills high in demand among Unicorns
(Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter…), and traditionalindustry in transition (Walmart, banks…)› Look for Grants e.g. Mozilla investing $1 M
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/10/23/mozilla-launches-open-source-support-program/
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/open_source/givebacks/microgrants.html
Sharing Tips
Mastering High Tech to achieve Freedom
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My road to High Tech
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