Niche is generic and vice versa
From last 2 years coding has spotlessly advanced and was it only me who is still observing change? Or, the entire industry but from only their viewpoint?
Few technologies which were niche two years back have now dried down to generic and new ones have arrived with their exclusivity to crown them as niche.(Angular 5, Java 8, AI, ML, Cognitive computing, mobility) etc.
The previously highly demanded skills have now seen a drop in compounded raise in wage rates and innocently has exposed many earlier cornered avenues like hackathons with live problem statements being addressed in large scale by IT firms.
Technologies like Mainframe, VB 6.0 is niche for IT product firms but generic for IT services companies as they are produced in volume in services.
With about 18.2 million coders globally and internet connectivity as a platform a lot more can be done.
A news agency claims that around 95% of the graduating engineering are not yet ready for the IT job market. Personally I believe It’s no one’s fault actually.
Snowwhite and her seven dwarfs:
The “SnowWhite” has to now transform her seven dwarfs into seven “SnowWhites” and those seven transforming another seven each.
The corporate needs more than just CSR where more mentors/coaches/SMEs firmly come up to help the needy. This can be done without anyone’s knowledge, secretly and help rise others.
Imagine a 3 years experienced person coached by “snow white”, person who earlier worked on Angular 1.x and now 3 months later has been able to crack a tough interview for Angular 4.x and feels blessed to meet you some time back.
As i clearly remember one of industry expert say.
Walk fast, walk alone,
Walk far, walk together…