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Great article I found on Digg today. IT Skills You’ll Need in 2010 Don’t leave development yet but one must always think about the future. Make sure that self-improvement continues to be a high priority. Take time to expand and deepen your knowledge of your business and sharpen your soft skills such as writing and speaking. Consider some of the jobs they recommended in the above article, will you be ready to transition into one of them by 2010? Some jobs to consider:

• business enterprise architects
• business technologists
• systems analysts
• project managers

Rands In Repose is a great blog. I am frequently impressed by the wisdom regularly dished out. I found this post yesterday and had to share it for those of you looking for jobs in this 2.0 world. Developer 2.0

Here are some great tips from JavaLobby.org on how to become a Rock Star Programmer: Top Ten Tips on how to become a Rock Star Programmer All of this advice will help you to stand the test of time. All is change and that change occurs in internet time, you can’t be an excellent developer if you do not keep up. My summary: Keep up with the the latest in hardware and books, keep up by writing quality code that will not need to be redone as things change, and keep up by focusing on those few long term skills that will still be needed many years from now.

Sometimes (like right now) the client needs a ‘few’ more hours to get the project done before Christmas. It may be inconvenient but you must keep the client happy. As long as its not a permanent situation you should always work the hours cheerfully. When it’s time to make staffing cuts or promotion decisions they will remember who put in the extra effort. To be most successful you must learn how to be a ’servant’; being both helpful and beneficial to reaching their goals. You are not a doormat to those in management but an excellent developer will be passionate about the project and it’s success. To this end always try to help management ’see the light’ without ever making a nuisance of yourself.

If you have not read “Who Moved My Cheese?” you should. It’s a very simple read which can even be enjoyed by small children. When I first heard of this book I laughed it off as some crazy feel good and/or motivational mumbo jumbo but after reading it there was a significant change in my life. “Who Moved My Cheese?” was on my reading list for over a year before I read it. I still would not have read it if it were not for a change in my employment situation. Almost 2 years ago I was working for a company where I had put in 5 years of time and felt somewhat secure. Then the merger came and I was let go. This was the second time that this had happened to me in 11 years and I began to think that climbing the corporate ladder was not so great. What else was there? I asked myself. In my first week of unexpected time off I read this book and did some serious thinking (over some good coffee). One of the main lessons in the book is to embrace change as a way of life instead of always trying to ignore it. This book became one of the motivators I had for leaving the corporate world and entering the world of consulting. My risk of unemployment is much lower today than when I was a corporate employee. This is because I no longer ‘keep all my eggs in one basket’. If my corporate employer decided to let me go then I would be 100% at his mercy and left to work on my resume and interviewing skills. What if I were exercising my resume and interview skills every few months while working for various companies within the region? I would have many contacts and I would never be dependent upon a single employer again. Those were the conclusions that I came to after my coffee and this was the reason that I moved to St Louis and started with OCI. Ill write more on why OCI is cool later but for now, check out “Who Moved My Cheese?”