I ran across an article on Tech Republic listing the top 10 skills that developers will need over the next 5 years. Lets break it down and focus on only the mobile.
The weakened job market, and the poor economy leave a lot of us looking for quick skill sets to hold us over for the next great job. The list on tech republic, and my breakdown of the related skills for mobile programmers will not only ensure that you’re in for the high demand jobs, but you’ll have the skills for the next 5 years.
| Games | 6144 |
| Entertainment | 4226 |
| Books | 3183 |
| Utilities | 2552 |
| Education | 2118 |
| Lifestyle | 1681 |
| Travel | 1379 |
| Reference | 1284 |
| Productivity | 1126 |
| Sports | 1078 |
| Music | 943 |
| Healthcare & Fitness | 806 |
| Navigation | 803 |
| Business | 676 |
| Photography | 585 |
| Finance | 580 |
| Social Networking | 479 |
| News | 409 |
| Medical | 307 |
| Weather | 141 |
The current smartphone market consists of 6 major platforms: Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Android, and Mac OSX/iPhone. 2009 is going to see a 7th platform since Palm is finally going to release a new operating system called WebOS, but details are still sparse and unconfirmed for the most part about the Palm Pre and WebOS.
As a mobile device enthusiast and new developer, this is a very good time to get into the mobile programming world, but how do you choose which platform to use? One way is to look at sales numbers and other trends that may relate to those numbers.