The Relationship Between Information Technology Professionals' Skill Requirements and Career Stage in the E-Commerce Era: An Empirical Study

Building on prior research, a field study of IT professionals is performed to determine if and how IT professionals’ technical skills requirement change as they gain experience in the workplace. Based on the results of this study, it appears that IT professionals: (1) are required to have different technical skills as their careers progress, and (2) do possess different technical skills at different stages in their careers.

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