Is Techonology Interfering With Professional Jobs?

As an information technology student who loves my course, the different technologies created for making people's work easier and acquiring more information, to question such as thing is the most..."insulting". Please do understand, the information and the technology we currently have is there because of research and research was done for the primary purpose of making human life better. To ask such a question hurts us that try to help. However, you do raise a point. I also understand that because of the ever evolving technologies we have nowadays, most jobs requires people to have the technical skills for using computers to minimize delays and time consumption to get a job done. But I do not think that they should be IT proficient. It's the company's job to train it's employees first before they can ever actually be put to work. What the employee should know about computers should just be the basics like going around the computer, use the office program tools and elementary stuff like that. At least in my opinion, those who wish to be employed should know at least a little bit about how to use computers. No specialized training is needed because the company should be responsible enough to train its employees enough to become efficient in their work. Happy MyLotting!

if i get it right, yes. you see, i too am not an expert of this and that thing. i am not a motorcycle mechanic but when i have a slight problem with it, i check with it and fix it. i cannot see the source of the problem, i check the internet. the last thing i would do if i cannot fix it with the help of my own ability and the internet, is to go to the mechanic. i do it with the other appliances at home. same thing with the present job i have now. the office will have to adopt a certain method or technology. usually, it will need another person to do the job. but since the method or the technology do not have an attached vacant or new position, the job will be assigned to the existing personnel, even when the person is not eligible or knowledgeable, thereby overloading the said person. the initiator or the planner of the said project though could not just tell the office to recruit another person who is a professional and more knowledgeable with the said technology or methodology, to take the job.

I'm not convinced that it's more specialized training that they need, I think it's more of this college degree thing backfiring on people. There are certainly some jobs that need a degree, but in today's job market, far too many jobs require them. They have become almost a necessity for most jobs just like the high school diploma used to be. When a higher degree is required when it's not really necessary, the value of that degree is diluted somewhat as it becomes a requirement instead of a bonus selling point for a prospective employee. There is no substitute for practical experience. I build my own machines, as well as troubleshoot and upgrade them. I have awards and recognition from the two major OS providers for the work I do in supporting other users and beta testing software. I have no formal schooling in computer science, let alone a degree. If you look at Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, both of them enrolled in and attended college, but dropped out to pursue their interests. The founder of Facebook also dropped out of college. Concepts in technology change faster than you can teach it in 4 years; some professional jobs do need a degree, but in most instances once you get the degree, the technology has changed so much that part of what you may have learned is outdated.

ya what ever you said is rite.. just for the sake of degree they are hiring the IT professional.. surely they are not seeing about the skill of the person who have been hired... so that surely the training should be given to the professional regarding this... surely specialized training is needed...

i think yes! technology affects the professionalism of person. since the new generation is quite experiencing the fast-emerging technology, they became inclined to it, and the essence of professionalism is being set aside. i think this is one big disadvantage of the technology right now, i may be hypocritical if I'll say that i am not benefiting from this technology, but let's look at it in the real actuality.. this really affects the attitude of every individual towards professionalism and being professional. let's come and think of it. :)