TY - GEN
T1 - Blockchain-Engineers Wanted
T2 - 4th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Engineering for Blockchain, WETSEB 2021
AU - Kassab, Mohamad
AU - Destefanis, Giuseppe
AU - Defranco, Joanna
AU - Pranav, Prince
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - There is an indisputable industrial need for highly skilled individuals in the role of blockchain engineers. However, little is known about the typology of activities which fall under the blockchain engineers' responsibilities and the competencies and experiences sought from employers' perspectives. To shed light about the main characteristics of the new roles available in the market, we built and analyzed a dataset of 400 job ads related to software blockchain engineering and development roles in the U.S.. We performed a thorough analysis conducted to find the industrial demand for competencies related to the blockchain engineer role in terms of (i) level of education, training, and experience; (ii) blockchain-related development skills; (iii) technical skills; and (iv) soft-skills. Relevant correlated skills that may influence shaping the profile of the blockchain engineers were also analyzed. We conclude that a new 'blockchain engineer' role is shaping up, and that specific skills, educational background, and experience are requested from the job market.
AB - There is an indisputable industrial need for highly skilled individuals in the role of blockchain engineers. However, little is known about the typology of activities which fall under the blockchain engineers' responsibilities and the competencies and experiences sought from employers' perspectives. To shed light about the main characteristics of the new roles available in the market, we built and analyzed a dataset of 400 job ads related to software blockchain engineering and development roles in the U.S.. We performed a thorough analysis conducted to find the industrial demand for competencies related to the blockchain engineer role in terms of (i) level of education, training, and experience; (ii) blockchain-related development skills; (iii) technical skills; and (iv) soft-skills. Relevant correlated skills that may influence shaping the profile of the blockchain engineers were also analyzed. We conclude that a new 'blockchain engineer' role is shaping up, and that specific skills, educational background, and experience are requested from the job market.
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U2 - 10.1109/WETSEB52558.2021.00014
DO - 10.1109/WETSEB52558.2021.00014
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85112863427
T3 - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE/ACM 4th International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Engineering for Blockchain, WETSEB 2021
SP - 49
EP - 55
BT - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE/ACM 4th International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Engineering for Blockchain, WETSEB 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 31 May 2021
ER -