Presentation by Softwark Park Thailand's Director to the computer science's student, KKU on 7 March 2011

1. Careers and Current Trends
in
the ICT Industry
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart Numnonda
Director
Software Park Thailand
7 March 2011

2. MySelf
B.Eng (Electrical Engineering)
M.E. & Ph.D. (Image Processing)
– Engineering Math
– Digital Signal Processing
– Digital Communication
– Digital Electronic
– Data Communication
– etc..

3. MySelf
Programming (Fortran, Pascal)
Java Programing
– Certified Java Programmer
J2SE, J2EE
– Instructors; Sun, SWPark, Institutes,
etc..
J2ME
– Nokia, Software Park

4. Sun-Nokia Wireless Java Project
Nokia 7650 First Java Phone
Software Park Alliance with Sun
and Nokia
J2ME training programs and
mobile-application contest in
June 2002
Sun-Nokia Roadshow
.

5. MySelf
Sun Microsystems (Thailand)
Association of Thai ICT Industry (ATCI)
PriceWaterHouseCoopers
Software Park Thailand

6. My Career Path
Instructor
Executive
Programmer
Evangelist / Influencer
Business Development Director
Sales Director
Consultant
Executive

7. Career Path : Example1
Programmer
Analyst / programmer
Team leader
Project manager
Systems Development Manager
Executive Director – Systems
CIO

8. Career Path : Example 2
Analyst
Consultant
Manager
Director
Partner

20. IT Jobs in Industry
ISV/SI
MFEC, CDG, YIT, Metro, PCC, Motif, etc..
SoftSquare, A-Host, TeletroOne..
International ISV/SI
Reuters, DSTi, etc.
Vendors
IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, HP, etc.
Consults
PwC, Deloitte, Accenture, etc.

21. IT Jobs in Industry
Telco
AIS, DTAC, True, TT&T, etc.
FSI
K-Bank, SCB, TMB, KCS. etc.
Government
Government Department
State Enterprise
Manufactory
PTT, Toyota, Ictus, CP, etc.

22. Job Descriptions
Programmer
System Analysis
System Admin
Database Admin (DBA)
IT Architect
Security
IT Manager
IT Director
CIO

23. Job Salary Survey July 2010
Computer Operator/ IT & Network Admin / Helpdesk
0-2 Years Exp.
15,000 – 25,000 Baht
Programmer/ System Engineer/ IT Developer/Officer
– 0-2 Years Exp.
– 25,000 – 40,000 Baht
Analyst Programmer/ Network engineer/ DB Admin/Java
Developer
Source: Gemini Personnel
– 2-3 Years Exp. Good English Thailand
– 42,000 – 50,000 Baht

24. Job Salary Survey July 2010
System Analyst/ IT System Support/ Assistant Project
Manager/Senior Developer Consultant
4-8 Years Exp., Good English
62,500 – 85,000 Baht
Project Manager/ IT Manager
– 5-8 Years Exp., Master MIS, Fluent English
– 90,000 – 140,000 Baht
Source: Gemini Personnel
Thailand

25. Job Salary Survey July 2010
Sales Engineer
2-3 Years Exp., Good English
35,000 -60,000++ Baht Commission or incentives
Sales Manager/ Account Manager
– 5-8 Years Exp., Good English
– 60,000-100,000++ Baht Commission or incentives
Source: Gemini Personnel
Thailand

26. IT Graduates
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Information Technology
Computer Business

27. Basic Technical Skill
Basic Programming Language
Java, C#, etc..
Object Oriented Programming
Web Programming Concept
IT Architecture
Software Engineering
OS
Database

28. Soft Skill
Presentation
Communication
Language
Writing, Speaking, Listening
English (Must)
Third Language (Chinese, German, Japanese)
General Knowledge

29. Entry Level Jobs
Right now there are jobs in
Testing
Web development / Programming
Technical support – eg help desk
Systems Administration
Consulting Companies like Accenture and IBM will hire
grads with good solid academic scores and excellent
communication skills

30. Why Trends?
In 1950; GDP per capita < $100; Need Financial aids

31. The Chonggyechon river,
South Korea

32. Transformation of the Korean
Economy (1945-2003)
Per Capita
(US$)
GNI 12,646
11,432
10,000
6 Five-Year-Economic-
Development Plans 7,355
5,000 Financial
Crisis
Liberation
from Japanese 1,000(1977) OECD
Colonial Rule
67 87 100(1964) Member
1945 1953 1962 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998 2003P

33. Korea : Changing Industrial Structure:
from Agriculture to Manufacturing /
from Light Industry to Heavy and Chemical Industry
Changes in Export Commodity Profile Semiconductor, Mobile
Phone, DTV, Display,
Automobile, Ship-building,
Wig Textile Automobile Semiconductor etc.
84.8% HCI Product
(ICT, 27.6%)
50%
Light
Industry
12.4%
Product
2.8% Agricultural
Product
1960 1970 1980 1990 1999 2003

35. Technology & Social Shift
New Business Rules
Communication Shift
Social Networks
Socializing & Sharing

36. Impacts
The Future is social.
Everything is everywhere.
Everything is changing fast.
Everything is mobile.
Everything is fast.

37. The enterprise world we live in
2010 and beyond
Global Direct, Open Customers
(Customers, Resources, IPs are acquired everywhere) Communication
(e.g. Social Media)
Digital Life Convergence
(Work and Personal lines are blurring)
Work Remotely
(Mobility Trend)
Transparency
(Blogs, Social Computing) Brief Collaboration
(Assemble the best, Disassemble upon completion)
Source : I’m Cloud Confused

38. The new “Always On”
workforce
Smaller and Less Sufficiently Skilled
Increasingly Global
Highly Virtual
Vastly Diverse
Autonomous and Empowered
Source : Hewitt Associates: Next Generation Talent
Management

39. The new unified communication
Source : Cloud Computing : Jagdish K Vasishtha, Injoos

40. Towards ASEAN Community 2015
ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015
ASEAN Security ASEAN Economic ASEAN Socio-
Community (ASC) Community (AEC) Cultural Community
(ASCC)
The Peaceful, Prosperous, and People-Centric ASEAN
Producton/Supply Regional Producton Base Single Regional Market Consumpton/Demand
Dual Track Strategy

41. Impact of AEC
•
Gross GDP to 2.65 Trillion from 1.8
•
Free fow of Human Resources
•
Landing pad for re-export
•
Re-thinking of Investment Incentve
•
Large investment opportunity
•
Industry Shif
Source : Nattasak; Oracle Thailand

42. BRIC
Brazil
Russia
India
China

44. The 21st Century Business Environment
Source : Hinchcliffe at SBS 2010

45. Next Major Computing Cycle
Source: Morgan Stanley 2009

46. New Trends
Web 2.0
Web as a Platform
OS/Device independence
Large scale computing
Software as a Service
Cloud Computing
Social Networks

47. Source: Morgan Stanley 2010

48. Tablets

49. SmartPhones

50. iPad 2

51. Smart Phone
Market shares Q4 2010

52. Mobile App Stores

53. Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technologies

54. Is anyone using Cloud?

55. Cloud Computing
The next three years will see the delivery of a
range of cloud service
– IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
– Public Cloud & Private Cloud
Vendors will offer packaged private cloud
implementations
Many will also offer management services to
remotely manage the cloud service
implementation.

56. Cloud Computing Era
Source: ITRI ASOCIO Summit 2010

57. Cloud Computing Value Chain
Source: ITRI ASOCIO Summit 2010

58. The New Challenge
Cloud Devices
e.g. Tablets, SmartPhones, Desktop
International Cloud Apps (SaaS) Local Cloud Apps (SaaS)
e.g. DropBox, Salesforce, CRM on Demand
Public Cloud Services (PaaS) Social Network APIs Local
e.g. Google APIs, Local APIs e.g. Twitter, Facebook Web Services
International public cloud Local public cloud
e.g.Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure
True IDC
Enterprise cloud
Salesforce, Amazon

59. Change yourself &
Life long learning

60. Thank you
thanachart@swpark.or.th
twitter.com/thanachart
www.facebook.com/thanachart
www,facebook.com/softwareparkthailand
www.swpark.or.th