if you compared with any other industry. It is actually fast growing althought job market is not good as couple years ago.
Those essentials I think are not only for IT sector, they are for anyone who want to be on the top of his fields. As per the smartness, pls refer to "engineer"'s reply for my previous post. His neighbour is a good example. Since you mentioned investment field, I can give you a real life example. One of my friend is working on futures market in Shanghai. Now he is working for one of the top telcom/IT company in Canada. His job is both technical and managerial.
Those essentials I think are not only for IT sector, they are for anyone who want to be on the top of his fields. As per the smartness, pls refer to "engineer"'s reply for my previous post. His neighbour is a good example. Since you mentioned investment field, I can give you a real life example. One of my friend is working on futures market in Shanghai. Now he is working for one of the top telcom/IT company in Canada. His job is both technical and managerial.