Tuesday, June 17, 2008

IBM internships indiciative of IT needs? Green IT, Web 2.0 and virtual world

Came across the following in e-mail from eweek.com Careers today:

"IBM Internships Map Out IT Priorities"
By Deb Perelman
2008-06-11

"If its internship programs are any indication, IBM already knows what it wants to see in an IT department in the next five years: pros savvy in green IT, Web 2.0 and virtual-world technologies."
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Within the article is a quote from Ryan Holt, a computer science student working as an intern: "A lot of what they teach you in school is technical skills, such as using certain methods to solve problems. But I'm learning a lot of people skills here."

Full article by Deb Perelman is available via

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Careers/IBM-Internships-Map-Out-IT-Priorities/?kc=EWKNLCSM061708STR1

The quotes above were taken from that site.

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