India, April 1 -- The impending "death" of IT is sometimes overstated by vendors who are automating some aspect of traditional IT. While it's true that cloud, infrastructure as code, robotics processing automation (RPA) and autonomous databases reduce the need for traditional skills, someone must configure, monitor and manage such systems. Meanwhile, companies are becoming more software-dependent and software-driven as they execute their digital transformation strategies, so there is a net gain in the demand for technology-savvy individuals, some of whom may lack computer and information science degrees.

"The types of roles, personalities I've seen that are successful in the new way of moving is people who not only understand technology ...