Ask HN:What would be the skills required for Developers in the next 10 years? What would be required in the market for the following years for hackers/developers? |
Ask HN:What would be the skills required for Developers in the next 10 years? What would be required in the market for the following years for hackers/developers? |
The biggest skill is networking and not just with HN types. A socially active SO who collects people is a wonderful person to have, better than a VC. Who you know is better than what you know.
EDIT: oh, and business smarts wouldn't hurt.
This goes not just for hackers, but any type of engineer. Companies are increasingly looking for people who are not just distinguished in one area, but have multiple areas of expertise. Thus the hacker in the year 2019 (crazy!) will not just have to be good at programming, but knowledgeable about many domains.
How can you best apply a given skill set to new problems? Can you use lessons learned in other disciplines to address looming challenges in the current project? In the last 10 years, did you become any better at predicting trends and customer needs?
This will probably continue for another decade or two until the next "big thing", which is anybody's guess. Beyond that my bet is that applications involving robotics, AI and nanotech will start to become mainstream.