LinkedIn Skills to research your career path.
From: Immerse Graphics
Posted: February 21st 2011
There is a new feature on linked in called Skills http://www.linkedin.com/skills/ that basically allows you to enter your different skills and get a report on which way the demand is growing. The first time I visited it I entered the usual terms LAMP, PHP, Javascript and was surprised by some of the results. It looks like LAMP development is being overtaken by WIMP ( Windows IIS MySQL PHP ). Although I never want to call my self a WIMP developer it is interesting none the less.
Another unexpected result of searching is the way it displays similar skills and software. You can find some real hidden gems in this data that may help you expand into new areas.