Comments on: Enterprise Geeks Podcast – Tech Skills Chat with JonERP http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/2009/10/22/egeeks-podcast-jonerp-tech-skills-chat/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jon Reed http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/2009/10/22/egeeks-podcast-jonerp-tech-skills-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Jon Reed Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:05:30 +0000 http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/?p=1676#comment-1522 KK, to touch on your other point, "I think, at some point that talent pool will be competing for a global demand and that competition will be fierce than what we see in the local market." I think that's absolutely true. Part of skills commoditization is the global sourcing of particular skills, and not just tech skills in many case. There's no simple solutions to that, and working remotely can be a great lifestyle option also, and doesn't have to mean lower rates necessarily. This ties into a longer discussion of how to keep one's skills on the higher level of marketability - something that is obviously touched on in the podcast above. There's no one simple answer to that either, but certainly mastering the latest tools, understanding project management and business process skills, developing a reputation in your industry by speaking/blogging etc - all play a role. - Jon KK, to touch on your other point, “I think, at some point that talent pool will be competing for a global demand and that competition will be fierce than what we see in the local market.”

I think that’s absolutely true. Part of skills commoditization is the global sourcing of particular skills, and not just tech skills in many case. There’s no simple solutions to that, and working remotely can be a great lifestyle option also, and doesn’t have to mean lower rates necessarily.

This ties into a longer discussion of how to keep one’s skills on the higher level of marketability – something that is obviously touched on in the podcast above. There’s no one simple answer to that either, but certainly mastering the latest tools, understanding project management and business process skills, developing a reputation in your industry by speaking/blogging etc – all play a role.

- Jon

]]> By: Jon Reed http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/2009/10/22/egeeks-podcast-jonerp-tech-skills-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 Jon Reed Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:51:35 +0000 http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/?p=1676#comment-1521 KK - great comments, will respond in more detail soon. Meantime, guys, Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets has my back on the hot dog front: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4601304 KK – great comments, will respond in more detail soon.

Meantime, guys, Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets has my back on the hot dog front:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4601304

]]> By: KK Ramamoorthy http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/2009/10/22/egeeks-podcast-jonerp-tech-skills-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 KK Ramamoorthy Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:04:46 +0000 http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/?p=1676#comment-1508 Jon/Ed Thanks for the great podcast and agreed the issues are very real. I started my career as an offshore developer 10 years back, before moving out and from my observations, software developers in India have to look out for this as well. All these years, India has enjoyed a good share of offshore market but as the quality of life improves out there, it will become tougher to enjoy the cost benefit. More so, other countries in emerging markets will put up a stiff competition, in a few years from now (some of them have already) and who else other than China can do commoditization well. The only way India can sustain its growth is by generating internal demand as there is a lot of room for development there. Another interesting aspect is that day by day world is becoming smaller and what we know of local jobs may not exist in future as more and more people are working remote. I think, at some point that talent pool will be competing for a global demand and that competition will be fierce than what we see in the local market. Just my few cents.. KK Jon/Ed
Thanks for the great podcast and agreed the issues are very real. I started my career as an offshore developer 10 years back, before moving out and from my observations, software developers in India have to look out for this as well. All these years, India has enjoyed a good share of offshore market but as the quality of life improves out there, it will become tougher to enjoy the cost benefit. More so, other countries in emerging markets will put up a stiff competition, in a few years from now (some of them have already) and who else other than China can do commoditization well. The only way India can sustain its growth is by generating internal demand as there is a lot of room for development there.
Another interesting aspect is that day by day world is becoming smaller and what we know of local jobs may not exist in future as more and more people are working remote. I think, at some point that talent pool will be competing for a global demand and that competition will be fierce than what we see in the local market.
Just my few cents..
KK

]]> By: Jon Reed http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/2009/10/22/egeeks-podcast-jonerp-tech-skills-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-1494 Jon Reed Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:30:51 +0000 http://enterprisegeeks.com/blog/?p=1676#comment-1494 Guys, thanks for taping this live on your fine podcast equipment, was one of the highlights of TechEd for me. I will never live the "Hooters hotdog incident" down. Someone already Tweeted that the podcast was "hilarious but informative"...I hope so! I should mention that we had a couple people who were listening live approach us afterwards and let us know that they had just experienced the shock of being let go and asked to train their overseas replacements - just as I noted in the live podcast. So these issues are real and I always point SAP tech folks to EnterpriseGeeks.com to stay one step ahead of "skills commoditization." - Jon - Jon - Guys, thanks for taping this live on your fine podcast equipment, was one of the highlights of TechEd for me. I will never live the “Hooters hotdog incident” down. Someone already Tweeted that the podcast was “hilarious but informative”…I hope so!

I should mention that we had a couple people who were listening live approach us afterwards and let us know that they had just experienced the shock of being let go and asked to train their overseas replacements – just as I noted in the live podcast. So these issues are real and I always point SAP tech folks to EnterpriseGeeks.com to stay one step ahead of “skills commoditization.”

- Jon

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