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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Engineering
They are talking about this topic: Industry Trends
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Another trend is the introduction of more complex drafting software. This development changes the role of engineers and cloud computing.
| "Employer 1: Another one of the things that we've been hearing about is the big new era in IT, which would be the move to cloud computing. It may be a bit of a buzzword, but do you see that affecting demand for computer software engineers or other types of categories? Employer 2: You're not moving your company to the cloud? Employer 1: We're not. Not yet. Employer 3: I think that's just the next level of business systems. There will be software people that are doing that instead of the present business systems that we have been working on." |
Central |
| "Employer 1: One question that I want to ask is whether engineers are now doing a lot of work that technicians used to do? Someone told me that the software packages are becoming so complex that we need to do a lot at the engineering level that we used to do as technicians. I think the engineer is taking on more of the tasks that the technicians used to do because of the software availability or the software complexity. Employer 2: I would say, on the engineering side, that the drafters in drafting might be a dying field. Because, as the engineers are designing things in their head, their systems are so capable that they can put it down on the screen themselves. So, some of that is true, yes." |
Central |
| "I have seen a lot of growth in technology, and a bachelor's degree gets you the best place of entry, but there is a whole lot more beyond that. Some additional training, with advances in technology, that's what our clients want. They want the advantage of having a company that understands technology, so we're going to continue to push our staff to gain those skills." | Metro |
| "We see technology continuously changing and always trying to improve things." | Northwest |