Comments on: The future of technology enhanced collaboration http://www.fundacioncetelco.org/the-future-of-technology-enhanced-collaboration/ Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: help http://www.fundacioncetelco.org/the-future-of-technology-enhanced-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-110 help Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:40:28 +0000 http://www.fundacioncetelco.org/the-future-of-technology-enhanced-collaboration/#comment-110 The choice between Telecommunications and IT is dependent entirely on what country you are planning to use your qualifications. In some countries, IT is still very much in demand, in others only very selective skills areas are in high demand. If you were going to continue your career in Australia, then I would avoid IT totally, unless you have a specific skill set that is currently in demand. Talk with recruiters to find out where the jobs in IT are. I admit to being biased towards telecommunications because it is outside IT where it is just so easy to be superseded by new graduates who are cheaper to hire than experienced IT folk. This is the crucial dividing line between engineering and IT: in engineering experience counts because your skills do not become as quickly obsolete as in IT. In essence, in IT you will always compete against new graduates - because they can learn a new skill as fast as you and in IT experience is not valued as highly as in engineering. This is my opinion. Go for telecommunications rather than IT. Best wishes. The choice between Telecommunications and IT is dependent entirely on what country you are planning to use your qualifications. In some countries, IT is still very much in demand, in others only very selective skills areas are in high demand.

If you were going to continue your career in Australia, then I would avoid IT totally, unless you have a specific skill set that is currently in demand. Talk with recruiters to find out where the jobs in IT are.

I admit to being biased towards telecommunications because it is outside IT where it is just so easy to be superseded by new graduates who are cheaper to hire than experienced IT folk. This is the crucial dividing line between engineering and IT: in engineering experience counts because your skills do not become as quickly obsolete as in IT.

In essence, in IT you will always compete against new graduates – because they can learn a new skill as fast as you and in IT experience is not valued as highly as in engineering.

This is my opinion. Go for telecommunications rather than IT.

Best wishes.

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