[IEEE-bhpjobs] (fwd) A Sustainable IT Career - March 4 7:30am

[Esther L.]

All -
I did not attend this event. The IEEE Section Chair, Mary Ellen Randall,
was a member of the panel. I saw her at a meeting later that day, and
she was kind enough to give me a verbal summary.

Summary:
Communication skills and project management skills are important.
Other things can be outsourced and located anywhere, but there must
be some people with those skills at the company office, instead of at a
contract company overseas. Becoming a consultant/entrepreneur is also
a path to permanently earning an income. Mary Ellen said it was a lively
panel/audience discussion.

STC-Carolina is having a meeting on March 18th on a similar topic,
"Exporting Technical Writing Jobs". In my opinion, the issues are similar
when exporting technical writer, EE design, software development, and QA.
The website to visit for more details (still being worked out)
is http://www.stc-carolina.org .

Thanks,
Esther Lumsdon, RAC



Esther L. wrote:

> All -
> There is a fee for this event. It is open to women and men, although 
> it is sponsored by NCEITA WISE.
> This does conflict with the IBM Life Sciences seminar about Electronic 
> Clinical Trials, at
> www.ibm.com/solutions/LSevents2
>
> I am considering attending this event, but am not sure it's worth $25. 
> I do know
> one of the speakers, Mary Ellen Randall (our IEEE Section President).
> Esther Lumsdon, RAC
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Next WISE Event
> Date: 	Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:41:17 -0500
> From: 	Natalie Cox <ncox at nceita.org>
> To: 	<esther_l at ieee.org>
>
>
>
>   *NCEITA’s* Women In Science and Technology To Discuss
>
>
>   *“A Sustainable IT Career”*
>
> NCEITA's chapter of Women in Information Science and Engineering 
> (WISE) is pleased to announce its first program of 2004. The program 
> will focus on long-term projections of the IT industry and relevant 
> job markets.
>
> */Sponsored by: Progress Energy, Breakfast Sponsored by: SAS Institute/*
>
>*WHAT:**     *NCEITA WISE Meeting: "A Sustainable IT Career" – /What IT jobs will be in  /
>
>*                         */demand// for the next 5-7 years and how to plan one's future IT career__/
>
> * *
>
> *WHEN: *March 4, 2004
>
> 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
>


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-- Esther L. esther_l at ieee.org, 
Speaking only for myself