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The document discusses the current and future landscape for IT professionals, highlighting the increasing importance of computer science roles in the digital age. It identifies a mismatch between the skills taught in educational programs and those required by the job market, emphasizing a need for a shift towards more relevant training. Additionally, while short-term prospects for IT professionals in Belgium appear strong, long-term sustainability remains uncertain due to evolving industry demands.

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A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon A future for the Computer Science is hot Your first job IT professional War for Talent (?) The S-curve Bart Van Loon 1 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Hi! I am Bart. Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 2 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve I’m an entrepreneur 3 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Ze rop Computer Science oin is hot t.IT Your first job Pa kista War for Talent n The S-curve I work at Zeropoint.IT, an offshore IT talent partner for web developers in Belgium a L ank Sri t.IT p oin ro Ze 4 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent From time to time you’ll find slides like this The S-curve inserted in the presentation. They are not part of the actual slide deck. I’m inserting these to add some context for readers who have not attended the talk. You will always find them after the slide they refer to. 5 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 6 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 7 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 8 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 9 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent Computer science is very hot today. It is clear The S-curve that we are living through the information era; this is the digital age. In the past we have seen revolutions in architecture, chemistry, mechanics, electronics, . . . Now is the time of the computer scientists. 10 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 11 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Many of the largest companies in the Your first job War for Talent world are from the IT sector (Apple, IBM, The S-curve Microsoft, . . . ). The others are in energy. Some of the most famous brands are IT brands (Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, . . . ). The others are food and fashion. The most famous and watched over IPO’s are in the field of IT (Google, Groupon, Facebook, . . . ). 12 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 13 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Slowly, the IT sector is producing role models which appeal to a wider public. No more nerdy Bill Gates, but popular Steve Jobs and young Mark Zuckerberg. 14 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 15 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) 4 functions: Bart Van Loon 1. Architect Computer Science is hot 2. Consultant Your first job 3. Project manager War for Talent 4. Specialist The S-curve 4 sectors: 1. Finance 2. ICT 3. Industry 4. Public 16 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 17 of 55
Architect: A future for the IT professional (?) methodological Bart Van Loon industry insight Computer Science is hot breadth of technologies Your first job Consultant: War for Talent communication facilitation The S-curve opportunity identification research and analysis Project manager: business judgement leadership, relationships communication, negotiation Specialist: designing, developing, building hands-on solution realisation tests and implementations 18 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Here, I ask the students which of the four IT functions they prefer, which profession they want to pursue. Every time, 80% or more go for “IT specialist”. Why? 19 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 20 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Because there’s a mismatch between what IT students learn at school, and what the possible job outcomes are. Nobody in any IT education programme in Flanders is being formally trained in the skills required to be a good architect, consultant or project manager. 21 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 35% : technical capabilities 25% : personality and leadership 15% : non-technical capabilities 15% : social-economic understanding 10% : ‘recruitable’ 22 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Second mismatch: the complete IT education package today focuses almost solely on technical capabilities, where they only account for 35% of the “perfect profile”1 . 1 23 of 55 Based on a September 2011 study by IBM in Belgium
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 24 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent Third issue: if we provide the job market with The S-curve IT students that only possess “practical” technical capabilities, we’re not thinking long-term. No sector changes as fast as the IT sector. If you graduated as a computer science engineer from the KULeuven in 2003 or before, Java was not (really) covered in your study programme. 25 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 26 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent One possible solution that could target all three The S-curve discussed issues is to introduce a concept change in the IT education: we have to shift from Just in Case learning to Just in Time learning. 27 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 28 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 29 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve VDAB: computer scientist has been listed as a critical profession for 10 years 30 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Agoria: “shortage of 10.000 ICT-professionals in Belgium (out of 100.000 active)” 31 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Agoria: “in 2010, the number of computer science students in Dutch-speaking education fell by 9.5%” 32 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve European Commission: “The number of IT graduates has not increased since 2008. [. . . ] The EU may lack 700.000 IT professionals by 2015.” 33 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon 10 most wanted profiles on vacature.com: Computer Science is hot 1. Industrial engineer Your first job War for Talent 2. Civil engineer The S-curve 3. Technical graduate 4. Account manager 5. Administrative assistant 6. ICT engineer 7. Consultant 8. Programmer 9. Project manager 10. IT consultant 34 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job Well prepared by school or not, IT students all War for Talent find a great job, often before graduating. The S-curve There is a war waging on the Belgian IT labour market. A real war: new recruits get crazy perks talent is being bought away by competitors people are even incentivised for mere job interviews 35 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 36 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve These are your competitors for that IT job in Belgium. 37 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 38 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 39 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 40 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve By now it may seem that the future of the IT professional is looking so bright that even this guy could get a consulting job, right? 41 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job “The flip” War for Talent The S-curve 42 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Be careful, and think about “the flip”2 . Nothing ever keeps on growing exponentially. 2 43 of 55 Look up “The new normal” by Peter Hinssen!
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve The new normal 44 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve My oldest Facebook contact was born on 14th November 1926. He has 104 “friends”. He did all of this himself. No IT professional whatsoever was required. 45 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job When newspapers were getting popular, War for Talent we needed people to read them for us in The S-curve the streets. Now, everybody can read. When typewriters were getting popular, we needed typists to operate them for us. Now, everybody can type. Now computers are getting popular, we need IT professionals to make them useful for us. Soon, everybody . . . 46 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 47 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Now, add the cloud into the equation. This is decreasing the dependency of companies on (local and expensive) IT professionals. “Capgemini takes VDAB to the cloud with a successful migration to Google Apps, saving an estimated e 500,000 a year.” (2011) 48 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 49 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job The world is flat. Larger companies are already War for Talent recruiting worldwide as if it were locally. Wim The S-curve Leers from Hasselt did his student internship at Facebook in the USA. Google Summer of Code is a covert talent hiring operation. Offshoring IT operations has been a reality for a over decade now. Organising offshore teams of IT professionals is becoming easier and easier. Also for small(er) companies3 . 3 50 of 55 Check out http://zeropoint.it! :-)
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve The understanding 51 of 55
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon My prediction: after “the flip”, we’ll get to Computer Science is hot “the understanding”. Companies in mature Your first job markets will understand how they can reduce War for Talent their local IT workforce, as The S-curve every single employee will be more acquainted with IT the cloud will allow sharing IT professionals concentrated in a few specialised companies anywhere on the planet super easy access to international talent will decrease the treshold to outsource offshore4 4 52 of 55 If you haven’t checked http://zeropoint.it yet, then do it now ;-)
A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot So, is there a future for the IT professional in Your first job Belgium? War for Talent The S-curve In the short term: yes, and it’s looking bright! In the mid term: okay, it will become a profession like any other In the long term: no, make sure to prepare and re-educate for a different kind of IT professionalism need in Belgium 53 of 55
Hi! I am Bart. You can reach me at: A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon (+32) 472/94.14.34 Computer Science is hot bart@zeropoint.it Your first job War for Talent @b b b a r t The S-curve 54 of 55
A future for the References and credits IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job http://www.agoria.be/. . . / War for Talent Future of IT Professionals in Mature Markets.pdf The S-curve http://ec.europa.eu/commission 2010- 2014/. . . /background sources en.pdf Jason Freeny from Moist Production Julien Tromeur (julosstock) from http://sxc.hu “The new normal” by Peter Hinssen http://vacature.com 55 of 55

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A future for IT professionals (?)

  • 1. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon A future for the Computer Science is hot Your first job IT professional War for Talent (?) The S-curve Bart Van Loon 1 of 55
  • 2. A future for the IT professional (?) Hi! I am Bart. Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 2 of 55
  • 3. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve I’m an entrepreneur 3 of 55
  • 4. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Ze rop Computer Science oin is hot t.IT Your first job Pa kista War for Talent n The S-curve I work at Zeropoint.IT, an offshore IT talent partner for web developers in Belgium a L ank Sri t.IT p oin ro Ze 4 of 55
  • 5. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent From time to time you’ll find slides like this The S-curve inserted in the presentation. They are not part of the actual slide deck. I’m inserting these to add some context for readers who have not attended the talk. You will always find them after the slide they refer to. 5 of 55
  • 6. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 6 of 55
  • 7. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 7 of 55
  • 8. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 8 of 55
  • 9. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 9 of 55
  • 10. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent Computer science is very hot today. It is clear The S-curve that we are living through the information era; this is the digital age. In the past we have seen revolutions in architecture, chemistry, mechanics, electronics, . . . Now is the time of the computer scientists. 10 of 55
  • 11. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 11 of 55
  • 12. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Many of the largest companies in the Your first job War for Talent world are from the IT sector (Apple, IBM, The S-curve Microsoft, . . . ). The others are in energy. Some of the most famous brands are IT brands (Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, . . . ). The others are food and fashion. The most famous and watched over IPO’s are in the field of IT (Google, Groupon, Facebook, . . . ). 12 of 55
  • 13. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 13 of 55
  • 14. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Slowly, the IT sector is producing role models which appeal to a wider public. No more nerdy Bill Gates, but popular Steve Jobs and young Mark Zuckerberg. 14 of 55
  • 15. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 15 of 55
  • 16. A future for the IT professional (?) 4 functions: Bart Van Loon 1. Architect Computer Science is hot 2. Consultant Your first job 3. Project manager War for Talent 4. Specialist The S-curve 4 sectors: 1. Finance 2. ICT 3. Industry 4. Public 16 of 55
  • 17. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 17 of 55
  • 18. Architect: A future for the IT professional (?) methodological Bart Van Loon industry insight Computer Science is hot breadth of technologies Your first job Consultant: War for Talent communication facilitation The S-curve opportunity identification research and analysis Project manager: business judgement leadership, relationships communication, negotiation Specialist: designing, developing, building hands-on solution realisation tests and implementations 18 of 55
  • 19. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Here, I ask the students which of the four IT functions they prefer, which profession they want to pursue. Every time, 80% or more go for “IT specialist”. Why? 19 of 55
  • 20. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 20 of 55
  • 21. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Because there’s a mismatch between what IT students learn at school, and what the possible job outcomes are. Nobody in any IT education programme in Flanders is being formally trained in the skills required to be a good architect, consultant or project manager. 21 of 55
  • 22. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 35% : technical capabilities 25% : personality and leadership 15% : non-technical capabilities 15% : social-economic understanding 10% : ‘recruitable’ 22 of 55
  • 23. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Second mismatch: the complete IT education package today focuses almost solely on technical capabilities, where they only account for 35% of the “perfect profile”1 . 1 23 of 55 Based on a September 2011 study by IBM in Belgium
  • 24. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 24 of 55
  • 25. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent Third issue: if we provide the job market with The S-curve IT students that only possess “practical” technical capabilities, we’re not thinking long-term. No sector changes as fast as the IT sector. If you graduated as a computer science engineer from the KULeuven in 2003 or before, Java was not (really) covered in your study programme. 25 of 55
  • 26. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 26 of 55
  • 27. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent One possible solution that could target all three The S-curve discussed issues is to introduce a concept change in the IT education: we have to shift from Just in Case learning to Just in Time learning. 27 of 55
  • 28. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 28 of 55
  • 29. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 29 of 55
  • 30. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve VDAB: computer scientist has been listed as a critical profession for 10 years 30 of 55
  • 31. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Agoria: “shortage of 10.000 ICT-professionals in Belgium (out of 100.000 active)” 31 of 55
  • 32. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Agoria: “in 2010, the number of computer science students in Dutch-speaking education fell by 9.5%” 32 of 55
  • 33. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve European Commission: “The number of IT graduates has not increased since 2008. [. . . ] The EU may lack 700.000 IT professionals by 2015.” 33 of 55
  • 34. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon 10 most wanted profiles on vacature.com: Computer Science is hot 1. Industrial engineer Your first job War for Talent 2. Civil engineer The S-curve 3. Technical graduate 4. Account manager 5. Administrative assistant 6. ICT engineer 7. Consultant 8. Programmer 9. Project manager 10. IT consultant 34 of 55
  • 35. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job Well prepared by school or not, IT students all War for Talent find a great job, often before graduating. The S-curve There is a war waging on the Belgian IT labour market. A real war: new recruits get crazy perks talent is being bought away by competitors people are even incentivised for mere job interviews 35 of 55
  • 36. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 36 of 55
  • 37. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve These are your competitors for that IT job in Belgium. 37 of 55
  • 38. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 38 of 55
  • 39. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 39 of 55
  • 40. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 40 of 55
  • 41. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve By now it may seem that the future of the IT professional is looking so bright that even this guy could get a consulting job, right? 41 of 55
  • 42. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job “The flip” War for Talent The S-curve 42 of 55
  • 43. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Be careful, and think about “the flip”2 . Nothing ever keeps on growing exponentially. 2 43 of 55 Look up “The new normal” by Peter Hinssen!
  • 44. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve The new normal 44 of 55
  • 45. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve My oldest Facebook contact was born on 14th November 1926. He has 104 “friends”. He did all of this himself. No IT professional whatsoever was required. 45 of 55
  • 46. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job When newspapers were getting popular, War for Talent we needed people to read them for us in The S-curve the streets. Now, everybody can read. When typewriters were getting popular, we needed typists to operate them for us. Now, everybody can type. Now computers are getting popular, we need IT professionals to make them useful for us. Soon, everybody . . . 46 of 55
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  • 48. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve Now, add the cloud into the equation. This is decreasing the dependency of companies on (local and expensive) IT professionals. “Capgemini takes VDAB to the cloud with a successful migration to Google Apps, saving an estimated e 500,000 a year.” (2011) 48 of 55
  • 49. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve 49 of 55
  • 50. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job The world is flat. Larger companies are already War for Talent recruiting worldwide as if it were locally. Wim The S-curve Leers from Hasselt did his student internship at Facebook in the USA. Google Summer of Code is a covert talent hiring operation. Offshoring IT operations has been a reality for a over decade now. Organising offshore teams of IT professionals is becoming easier and easier. Also for small(er) companies3 . 3 50 of 55 Check out http://zeropoint.it! :-)
  • 51. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job War for Talent The S-curve The understanding 51 of 55
  • 52. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon My prediction: after “the flip”, we’ll get to Computer Science is hot “the understanding”. Companies in mature Your first job markets will understand how they can reduce War for Talent their local IT workforce, as The S-curve every single employee will be more acquainted with IT the cloud will allow sharing IT professionals concentrated in a few specialised companies anywhere on the planet super easy access to international talent will decrease the treshold to outsource offshore4 4 52 of 55 If you haven’t checked http://zeropoint.it yet, then do it now ;-)
  • 53. A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot So, is there a future for the IT professional in Your first job Belgium? War for Talent The S-curve In the short term: yes, and it’s looking bright! In the mid term: okay, it will become a profession like any other In the long term: no, make sure to prepare and re-educate for a different kind of IT professionalism need in Belgium 53 of 55
  • 54. Hi! I am Bart. You can reach me at: A future for the IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon (+32) 472/94.14.34 Computer Science is hot bart@zeropoint.it Your first job War for Talent @b b b a r t The S-curve 54 of 55
  • 55. A future for the References and credits IT professional (?) Bart Van Loon Computer Science is hot Your first job http://www.agoria.be/. . . / War for Talent Future of IT Professionals in Mature Markets.pdf The S-curve http://ec.europa.eu/commission 2010- 2014/. . . /background sources en.pdf Jason Freeny from Moist Production Julien Tromeur (julosstock) from http://sxc.hu “The new normal” by Peter Hinssen http://vacature.com 55 of 55