@Joanne - I don't know if the traditional IT person is going to be comfortable working side-by-side with a right-brainer. True techies have their own set of social rules and these social rules are different from those that right-brained individuals work under.
It will be interesting to see how well right-brained people are welcomed into IT at this point in time. Unfortunately, despite the hard work which surely should be acknowledged in IT departments, there has been a disconnect between IT initiatives and the needs of the business. The business side of companies have wanted to be better understood for years. Perhaps the tide has turned and it's the right time for right brainers to have IT jobs?
My sincere apologies to the posters on this board. My original post was very much tongue-in-cheek, in other words meant as a joke. I have no personal knowledge of any sitcom named Hadoop.
Once again my apologies. Now let me dust off these emoticons.
@lin that would depend on your target audience. Many HR people think very much in the box and want people to be easily pigeon-holed. But if the resume goes straight to a hiring manager, s/he may appreciate somoen who is more multi-facted than the stereotype.
One area where we've seen requirements changing a few years now is that IT managers need to be focused more on the business and less on the technology.
And as services move to the cloud, managing relationships with service providers becomes more important than ability to manage the technology hands-on.
Interesting that Hadoop should hit the entertainment screens....after which it would become a terminology not just in the workplace jargon of IT specialists. I agree with this story on the mportance of the right-brained people in the IT field. At the very least the provide a bridge between the geeks and the rest of the world. e.g. by designing interactive games buy which people can learn these technologies.
thats something i will look forward to seeing! such shows would encourage and make the nerd-IT specialist look cool and famous . We see shows of all kind, a little different show based on IT tech will help people see how hard the work of these people are and they are actually a huge support in every organization and behind every business.
I agree. Data analysis is difficult especially with all kinds of raw data the business stores. Analysis also has to done with help from the business. The business has to define the variables they are looking out for and then the data analysts can help them in getting some concrete results. Without collaboration I don't think it will work.
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