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Stefan Hajkowicz Future Expert
“With COVID-19 we’ve seen about 10 years’ worth of digita l transform ation in the space of a few months,” says Stefan Ha jkowicz, a scientist at CS IRO’s Data61 specia lising in fut ure trends. “Digital skills just got a lot more important,” he says. “There will be career pat hways for data scientists , cyber security experts and peo ple with skills in all asp ects of digita l technology. Mathe matics, computational log ic and coding are foundati on skills for all things dig ita l.” Building up soft skills wi ll be equally important, adds Stefan. “Human-ce ntred digita l design puts the person at the centre. Th is requires skills in psycho log y, economics, management science and social scien ce. It also requires emotional and social intelligence. There will be a big ‘how to’ quest ion around adaptation to digita l and that calls up on a broader skill set,” he says. “Now might be the time to take advantage of a tectonic shift and build up your digita l skills.” – Gemma Chilton
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Data analyst: AU $51K–$99K / NZ $48K–$86K Machine learni ng en gi ne er: AU$60K–$136K / NZ$54 (avera ge) Software engi neer: AU$56K–$ 111K / NZ$51K –$97K* *Source: salaries according to pa yscale.com
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