IT training under fire in Germany
IT training under fire in Germany
The education of information-technology specialists in Germany has "dropped several levels" and there are now too few well trained IT people in the labour force.
"It is not a quantitative problem, but a qualitative one", said Udo Nadolski, manager of Dusseldorf IT consultants Harvey Nash. "The education of IT professionals has dropped several levels. Certain core components of the IT landscape are no longer taught. Few universities today teach computer architecture or a programming language that might be used in large computers. As a result, 40 to 50 per cent of graduates have no idea what is going on in the IT world in Germany".
Udo Nadolski believes that graduates in Germany are generally well equipped to deal with the Internet, but this is only the front end of the field. Another problem, he says, is thatIT freelancers tend to specialise in certain technologies. There are many specialists on the market, but few who can guarantee the quality of the total package.
