Well, I had a great week, visiting several ICT-related companies with the Honours class. We went to Sensepost, Openvoice, Telkom, BSG, The Innovation Hub, Deloitte, Red Five Labs and IDI, most of which have employed several of our previous graduates. It was really good to see (1) what is happening in the IT industry in SA, and (2) just how well our graduates are doing and how much the companies appreciate the education that they received from Rhodes. The other thing that really struck me during the week was the magnitude of the skills shortage in SA: almost every company we visited was looking to employ significant numbers of new people and were were very focused on recruiting the Hons students. I knew there was a skills crunch in the country, but the magnitude of the problem still surprised me.
It was also good to see the really cutting-edge, innovative work being done at companies like Sensepost, Openvoice, and Red Five Labs, and to experience the passion and drive at places like BSG and IDI.
Tomorrow is Caleb's eighth birthday, so the big party takes place later today, with a racing car theme. It seems my services will be needed as a marshal on the race track - could be interesting! :-)
And it's just one week to go until I fly out to the USA.
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