Are there specific areas within the IT industry that continue to show growth and demand despite the layoffs?

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Senior VP & CISO2 years ago

Cybersecurity and data science are a few 

Chief Information Officer in IT Services2 years ago

cyber of course but folks are removing duplicate vendors and doubling down.  AI will get its turn and some are seeing cloud as an answer to in centre storage removing items like vmware if not critical to have a secure on prem solution. 

Director of IT in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

Cybersecurity: As cyberattacks multiply, there is a growing need for trained experts, along with experience with cloud-based applications. 

Data Scientists - Because of the growing value of data-driven decision making tools, predictive analytics and automation.

Senior Vice President - Technology in Banking2 years ago

Cloud adoption, AI based solutions are some of the area where we will see growth for next 5 years at least.

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CTO in Healthcare and Biotech2 years ago

Engineering, it could be that most layoffs are from that area, but companies require to still build business applications and what surrounds it.

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