I believe that obtaining the right skills for any organization is as much a cultural challenge as a skills-based one. Of course, as we pursue GE’s public cloud strategy, it’s valuable to find people with the right cloud skills on different platforms. It’s just as important, however, that they also have the willingness and openness to help mentor others that are just beginning their careers or are just starting to leverage these new cloud technologies.
To really obtain the benefits of cloud, the traditional infrastructure technology silos need to be broken down and team members need to become “full-stack engineers.” This shift to more generalized cloud skill sets requires a strong company culture to navigate the change, but the payoff in speed, efficiency and quality is tremendous.
Read more at Enterprisers Project.
