On The Pod #15: Stephen Collins
Canberra based IT consultant Stephen Collins joins me to discuss Government 2.0 and the current direction of IT in the public service. As a former (x3) public servant Stephen has seen it from both sides, and now consults out to the Feds.
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December 12th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Awesome - going to listen to this now.
Have you both seen http://government2.pbwiki.com ?
December 12th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
@ChrisSaad actually name-drop you in the conversation.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Just to anyone out there wanting to get into IT: You don’t HAVE to go to Uni for 4 years studying Computer Science. In fact, I as a potential employer would prefer if you didn’t! I know the curriculum for that degree, and I know how little relevance it has to many jobs in IT except perhaps the hardcore system and database administration roles. I consider myself a “skilled worker” yet I have no more than 6 months of tertiary/technical education … a diploma/cadetship course I did back in 2000. 6 months! It’s about getting the relevant skills for a particular career … Uni does not neccessarily equate to being skilled. I strongly support vocational education … and not simply because I work for the Vocation and Technical Education branch of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations!