These are the most in-demand job skills in 2020, according to LinkedIn — from cnbc.com by Vicky McKeever
Blockchain is the most in-demand job skill in 2020, says LinkedIn
On 01/18/2020,
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by Daniel Christian
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On 01/15/2020,
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by Daniel Christian
Excerpts:
We see the AI space poised for an acceleration in adoption, driven by more sophisticated AI models being put in production, specialized hardware that increases AI’s capacity to provide quicker results based on larger datasets, simplified tools that democratize access to the entire AI stack, small tools that enables AI on nearly any device, and cloud access to AI tools that allow access to AI resources from anywhere.
To fully take advantage of AI technologies, you’ll need to retrain your entire organization.
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On 01/11/2020,
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by Daniel Christian
DC: Precursor to a next gen learning platform…? I think it's one of the pieces of the puzzle that's coming together.
Google just revealed that 500M people around the world are using Google Assistant.https://t.co/6uHXUUIYVb#AI #global #NLP #InstructionalDesign #learning pic.twitter.com/hSp0sa79k3
— Daniel Christian (@dchristian5) January 11, 2020
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On 12/30/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
DC: I’m thinking that a global, inexpensive, next gen learning platform will enable/integrate/address some of this…such as the item about stackable credits. 4 ex, I could see constantly morphing digital playlists/courses to provide up-to-date curricula.
https://t.co/ZGPAgqycRH— Daniel Christian (@dchristian5) December 30, 2019
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On 12/27/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
7 Artificial Intelligence Trends to Watch in 2020 — from interestingengineering.com by Christopher McFadden
Excerpts:
Per this article, the following trends were listed:
- Computer Graphics will greatly benefit from AI
- Deepfakes will only get better, er, worse
- Predictive text should get better and better
- Ethics will become more important as time goes by
- Quantum computing will supercharge AI
- Facial recognition will appear in more places
- AI will help in the optimization of production pipelines
Also, this article listed several more trends:
According to sources like The Next Web, some of the main AI trends for 2020 include:
- The use of AI to make healthcare more accurate and less costly
- Greater attention paid to explainability and trust
- AI becoming less data-hungry
- Improved accuracy and efficiency of neural networks
- Automated AI development
- Expanded use of AI in manufacturing
- Geopolitical implications for the uses of AI
Artificial Intelligence offers great potential and great risks for humans in the future. While still in its infancy, it is already being employed in some interesting ways.
According to sources like Forbes, some of the next “big things” in technology include, but are not limited to:
- Blockchain
- Blockchain As A Service
- AI-Led Automation
- Machine Learning
- Enterprise Content Management
- AI For The Back Office
- Quantum Computing AI Applications
- Mainstreamed IoT
Also see:
Artificial intelligence predictions for 2020: 16 experts have their say — from verdict.co.uk by Ellen Daniel
Excerpts:
- Organisations will build in processes and policies to prevent and address potential biases in AI
- Deepfakes will become a serious threat to corporations
- Candidate (and employee) care in the world of artificial intelligence
- AI will augment humans, not replace them
- Greater demand for AI understanding
- Ramp up in autonomous vehicles
- To fully take advantage of AI technologies, you’ll need to retrain your entire organisation
- Voice technologies will infiltrate the office
- IT will run itself while data acquires its own DNA
- The ethics of AI
- Health data and AI
- AI to become an intrinsic part of robotic process automation (RPA)
- BERT will open up a whole new world of deep learning use cases
The hottest trend in the industry right now is in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Over the past year, a new method called BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) has been developed for designing neural networks that work with text. Now, we suddenly have models that will understand the semantic meaning of what’s in text, going beyond the basics. This creates a lot more opportunity for deep learning to be used more widely.
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On 12/21/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
To the youth out there: Again, as we saw with Time’s Person of the Year for 2019, youth can — and do — make huge, significant contributions to our society! The impact you can have is real. https://t.co/E6GShPjDEO
— Daniel Christian (@dchristian5) December 21, 2019
With thanks to Mr. Joe Byerwalter for this resource.
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On 12/19/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Though we aren’t quite there yet, the pieces continue to come together to build a next generation learning platform that will help people reinvent themselves quickly, efficiently, constantly, and cost-effectively.
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On 12/17/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
The 10 vital skills you will need for the future of work — from Bernard Marr
Excerpt:
Active learning with a growth mindset
Anyone in the future of work needs to actively learn and grow. A person with a growth mindset understands that their abilities and intelligence can be developed and they know their effort to build skills will result in higher achievement. They will, therefore, take on challenges, learn from mistakes and actively seek new knowledge.
Start by adopting a commitment to lifelong learning so you can acquire the skills you will need to succeed in the future workplace.
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On 12/16/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
120 AI predictions for 2020 — from forbes.com by Gil Press
Excerpt:
As for the universe, it is an open book for the 120 senior executives featured here, all involved with AI, delivering 2020 predictions for a wide range of topics: Autonomous vehicles, deepfakes, small data, voice and natural language processing, human and augmented intelligence, bias and explainability, edge and IoT processing, and many promising applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies and tools. And there will be even more 2020 AI predictions, in a second installment to be posted here later this month.
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On 12/11/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
The Jobs of Tomorrow: LinkedIn’s 2020 Emerging Jobs Report — from blog.linkedin.com by Guy Berger
Excerpt:
Here’s what you should know about this year’s emerging jobs.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make a strong showing on our Emerging Jobs lists, which is no surprise.
- Professionals are on the move, likely a result of factors like housing costs, political and regulatory change, or more flexibility with remote work opportunities.
- Demand for soft skills is likely to increase as automation becomes more widespread. Skills like communication, creativity, and collaboration are all virtually impossible to automate…
Also see these reports:
Online learning is here to stay.
The multibillion-dollar e-learning industry is taking off, and it’s staffing up to prepare. LinkedIn data shows the industry is snapping up both sales and tech talent, indicating continued customer demand for these types of solutions.
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On 12/05/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
Canvas parent Instructure to go private in $2B deal — from educationdive.com by Hallie Busta
Also see:
- New Ownership for an LMS Giant: Private Equity Firm to Buy Instructure for $2 Billion — from edsurge.com by Jeff Young
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On 12/02/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
The 20 top tech skills that employers want and that can help you find a job, according to recruiting site Indeed — from businessinsider.com by Rosalie Chan and Bani Sapra
Excerpt:
The job search site Indeed released a report this month about the top tech skills of 2019 based on job descriptions that are being posted.
Andrew Flowers, an economist at Indeed, says that in today’s job market, there are two major trends that drive the top skills in tech. The first is the rise of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. The second is the rise of cloud computing.
“Python has had explosive growth,” Flowers told Business Insider. “If I’m around the dinner table and a nephew asks what should I learn? Having done this report, I would say, learn Python.”
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On 11/20/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
6 critical IT skills for the next decade: Bay Area CIO of the Year winners share — from enterprisersproject.com by Ginny Hamilton
What skills will IT talent need most? Six award-winning CIOs discuss the top skills on their radar screens – from AI to emotional intelligence
I’d highly recommend all technology professionals build their external network and contribute to the external professional community as early in your career as possible. The wisdom of the tech community is incredibly important, and because you have to curate this over an extended period of time, there is no accelerated option you can tap at a later date. Technology professionals need to constantly be re-inventing themselves to stay relevant. As technology evolves, so too do the people and roles around it. Constant change is the steady state today and as I tell my team, “The pain of change is mandatory, it is the suffering that is optional. And if you don’t like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less.”
From DSC:
This is an especially good read for students who are considering going into a tech-focused career. If you decide to go that route, you had better be ready for constant change….constant, lifelong learning. And as you get older, you will face age discrimination. Enjoy the jobs that you get from ages 18-30 (perhaps even up to age 35). After that, it gets much tougher. Hopefully, that situation will change as more organizations get sued for allowing this discrimination to continue (perhaps implementing is the more appropriate word…vs. allowing it to occur). Here are some examples of those kinds of issues/suits. But for now, that’s the state of things…at least here in the United States.
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On 11/13/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
FTI 2020 Trend Report for Entertainment, Media, & Technology — from futuretodayinstitute.com
Our 3rd annual industry report on emerging entertainment, media and technology trends is now available.
- 157 trends
- 28 optimistic, pragmatic and catastrophic scenarios
- 10 non-technical primers and glossaries
- Overview of what events to anticipate in 2020
- Actionable insights to use within your organization
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Synthetic media offers new opportunities and challenges.
- Authenticating content is becoming more difficult.
- Regulation is coming.
- We’ve entered the post-fixed screen era.
- Voice Search Optimization (VSO) is the new Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
- Digital subscription models aren’t working.
- Advancements in AI will mean greater efficiencies.
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On 11/12/2019,
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by Daniel Christian
Microsoft wants anyone to be a developer, whether they code or not — from qz.com by Mike Murphy
Excerpt:
Computers are meant to make life easier, but the ability to actually create new functionality for them resides only with a very skilled few. Microsoft wants to make computers a bit more like automobiles—millions of people know how to operate a car, and owning one can change your life, even if comparatively few have any idea how to build an engine.
Onstage at Microsoft’s Ignite enterprise developer conference in Florida [on 11/4/19], CEO Satya Nadella announced a host of new tools aimed at making it easier for anyone to develop apps.
Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled the Power Platform, wrapping together a set of programs it has had for a few years that allow companies to wrangle their data into understandable visualizations, and build apps using that data and Microsoft’s technologies.
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