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In tech most managers and recruiters think there is a skills shortage. This is untrue. The truth is that companies do not want to pay market rates for people with the right skills
In online learning for higher education: if you don't make mobile learning your first priority you will struggle to stay relevant in the market.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "mobile learning"? Do you mean development for mobile as a platform? Do you mean the ability to learn on the move? Something else entirely?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are those people (with the right skills) currently doing instead of working in tech?
I assume he thinks the prices should rise until demand drops off, and at that equilibrium price we shouldn't say there's a shortage. Lots of people would like a rolex and don't have one, but nobody would say there's a rolex shortage.
Spreadsheets are widely used in financial institutions, and not just for little things but also for critical tasks too. I've seen spreadsheets sophisticated enough to make database calls to book-of-record systems. These spreadsheets are often put together by an intern or associate who "knows a little VBA" and automates or tracks a task that the business was doing manually. Nobody on the desk really knows how the spre…
I work in mechanical engineering, mostly structural analysis at the moment (ie, figuring out if parts will hold up). Vast majority of calculations are performed in excel. Most engineers know at least a bit of programming from one mandatory class in first year, but for some it's fortran, others it's matlab, vba, etc. Excel spreadsheets are the common denominator. Thankfully, most sheets are rather simple, with one cal…
This is pretty common practice, in Australia at least.