元旦刚过，大多数挨踢狗的朋友圈并没有被红包刷屏，而是被一张各大公司各种裁人的奇葩说法抢了眼球。很多人在热议：挨踢狗们的冬天真的来了吗？
IT行业的变化是持续的，每年都有新的颠覆性技术进入市场。实际上，即使在那些所谓最好的年代， IT技能的新旧交替也是最快的，那些跟不上的同学往往被转岗或者被淘汰。只是这几年由于企业自身和各种问题，淘汰率不断上升，让这个冬天显得更加寒冷。
在淘汰的同时，很多公司的IT部门仍然在努力寻找更多掌握新技能的人才来满足企业的转型需求。那么掌握哪些新技能才能快速适应要求，以保证在2020年的IT职场立于不败之地呢？
对北美的IT招聘决策者们进行了调查，在《罗伯特哈夫2020薪酬指南》一文中给出了答案。笔者认为值得借鉴。
在的调查中，67%的IT经理表示，他们希望扩大安全、云计算和商业智能团队，其中的89%的人表示，很难成功招募到这些人才。而在人工智能、机器学习、扩展现实(extended reality, XR)和区块链等新技术领域，人才差距则在进一步拉大，而这些技术在人才库中仍然相对罕见。
Robert Half的报告中显示，2020年将有更多的企业拥抱数字转型，以"拉近与客户的距离"。为了应对技能短缺的问题，北美企业除招聘外，另外一个通用的办法则是培训现有员工——这种做法被称为"技能提升"。"很可能你的公司已经有了合格的候选人，他们能够跟上公司成长所需的技术知识。在被调查者中，90%的人表示他们正在进行技能提升，最常见的技能是云计算、安全、项目管理、数据科学、人工智能和机器学习。"
2020年已经来了，你的职业技能路线图规划好了吗？
Just after New Year's Day, most IT professionals' social media feeds weren't flooded with red envelopes, but rather grabbed by the bizarre layoff explanations from various major companies. Many people are discussing: Has winter really come for IT professionals?
Change in the IT industry is continuous, with new disruptive technologies entering the market every year. In fact, even in those so-called best times, IT skills turnover has been the fastest—those who can't keep up are often transferred or eliminated. It's just that in recent years, due to various corporate and other issues, elimination rates have been rising, making this winter seem even colder.
While eliminating staff, many companies' IT departments are still striving to find more talent with new skills to meet enterprise transformation needs. So what new skills should you master to quickly adapt and ensure an invincible position in the 2020 IT job market?
A survey of North American IT hiring decision-makers, published in the "Robert Half 2020 Salary Guide," provides answers. I think it's worth referencing.
In the survey, 67% of IT managers said they want to expand their security, cloud computing, and business intelligence teams, with 89% of them saying it's difficult to successfully recruit for these roles. In emerging technology areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning, extended reality (XR), and blockchain, the talent gap is widening further, as these skills remain relatively rare in the talent pool.
Robert Half's report shows that more enterprises will embrace digital transformation in 2020 to "get closer to customers." To address skill shortages, besides hiring, North American companies commonly use another approach: training existing employees—a practice called "upskilling." "Your company likely already has qualified candidates who can keep up with the technical knowledge needed for company growth. Among respondents, 90% said they are upskilling, with the most common skills being cloud computing, security, project management, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning."
2020 has arrived. Have you planned your professional skills roadmap?