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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
8/29/2017 10:26:26 AM
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Re: Where are they?
@Joe:

I completely hear you as I see my high school son making his choices. I am so glad he did AP computers two years in a row. He also went ahead and did his internship in App development this summer. He still has two more years before he gets to college. But i am sure these courses and experiences will give him a perspective to make him think about what he would really like to do in his life. I don't expect or force him to get into IT or programming just because I do that. All we tell him is having those IT skills would always be an advantage no matter whatever he choose to do for his living in future. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
8/29/2017 8:47:20 AM
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Re: Learning skills in a short period of time
@mpouraryan - I doubt robots threaten my job at all. The day robots learn how to care for kids is the day I plan to pack up and find me some acreage in the middle of nowheresville. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
8/29/2017 8:45:17 AM
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Re: Where are they?
@Joe - I do know the University of Phoenix offered and Associates Degree that specialized in Cyber Security. At one time anyway. Whether or not it's still offered, and people's ability to do anything with it once it was earned - I have no idea. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
8/29/2017 8:43:28 AM
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Re: So much stuff
@Joe - Lol - I'm happy to see it being point out! Even if the problem is a lack of initial knowledge, I feel confident that the people exist in this country that would potentially be competent enough to learn. My admission of this is actually notable, as I tend to see a large portion of the population as intellectually challenged..... Still, just because I think people aren't intelligent NOW doesn't mean I don't also hold the belief that with some effort and time this could be changed. 

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
8/29/2017 12:19:58 AM
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Re: Where are they?
@DHagar:

I really like the analogy you made about human capital as investment not a cost factor. That makes perfect sense and hope companies realize that. Also i am in agreemnet with you about AT&T on setting right example.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
8/29/2017 12:16:27 AM
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Re: Where are they?
@DHagar:

Good to hear back!

It is good that there are certain concepts of computers are already part of the curriculam. But certainly that needs to be carried on further through out by introducing upcoming trends which would really help young generations.

 

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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli
8/28/2017 9:10:54 PM
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Re: Where are they?
@faryl: Sure, but to be fair, the public sector competes with the private sector for the same talent -- but doesn't have the private sector's budget or perks to offer.

Former director of DARPA Arati Prabhakar commented on this issue in testimony before Congress a year or two back.

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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli
8/28/2017 9:08:14 PM
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Re: Where are they?
@ms.a: Reminds me of when I was in high school. My high school offered a whole series "computer technology" courses that got in this sort of thing, as well as coding.

Unfortunately, rather than being unweighted electives, these courses were weighted the same as "remedial" courses.

So for an honors student like me who graduated near the top of his class, to take these courses would have meant an automatic plummet in GPA -- which led to my decision to not take them.

Now that I'm an adult and have since learned that report cards and school transcripts aren't even worth using as toilet paper, I have come to regret this decision.

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faryl
faryl
8/28/2017 5:45:31 PM
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Re: Where are they?
Our government doesn't seem to be doing a great job at finding skilled cyber security talent either. :-/

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faryl
faryl
8/28/2017 5:38:38 PM
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Re: Learning skills in a short period of time
I've recently seen some ads for new training programs aimed at "white hat security training" popping up on Facebook - maybe that is starting to shift.

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