Top 10 Tech Skills For 2012

by on January 2, 2012
in Career Advice, Technology

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What do you need to stay ahead of the curve and prepare yourself for the job market challenges in 2012?  Here is a summary of the top tech skills needed in 2012.  Read the entire list over at CIO INSIGHT.  Having gone through the post, I am not surprised by any of the items on the list.

HTML 5 was a no-brainer especially since Adobe has said is abandoning mobile Flash player.  Apple iOS and Android will remain in the top 10 for several more years since companies are working furiously to deliver iOS and Android apps for their customers.  While iOS remains strong, sales figures show that Android phones are selling just as well which means that companies will also develop for Android.  As well the Android App Store hit 10,000,000,000 (that’s 10 BILLION) download in December 2011.

  1. HTML 5
  2. MongoDB
  3. Apple iOS
  4. Android
  5. Mobile App (development)
  6. Puppet
  7. Hadoop
  8. jQuery
  9. Platform-as-a-service
  10. Social media

If you’re a developer and don’t know some of these, it’s time you did something about it.

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