Top 6 Skills Required To Become a Good IoT Developer
Today because of certain reasons the jobs in IoT is industry is not up to the mark but in the near future, the job opening for IoT engineers would be very high. Starting from the smallest start-up to the biggest MNCs are investing their time and money in building IoT products. IoT products can be in the form of Hardware, Software, Networks, Sensors, etc. But, to become a good developer in IoT one need to have a particular set of skills which would definitely help them get a job.
Top 6 skills requirement are below -
Embedded Systems
The “thing” part in Internet of Things can be referred as some hardware. That hardware can be Electronic, Electrical, mechanical, chemical, etc. It can even be a combination of two like electromagnetically device. One of the major applications of IoT is sensor networks. The job of sensor networks is to collect data from sensors and transmit it to another device or the hub. For this, the developer should have knowledge of Electronic Hardware as well as programming; which is nothing but knowledge of Embedded systems.
Networking and Security
If we consider the first block of IoT as “things,” then the second block has to be the Network. Without networking, IoT is of no use. To become a good IoT developer a person should have knowledge of communication and networks, types of networks, etc. Big companies are researching for the best protocol that can be used in IoT, but till then a good network engineer is expected to know basic protocols like, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, etc. Maintaining security of these networks is equally important.
Computer Programming
Embedded system consists of Hardware as well as software. Embedded software development needs engineers having the skill of computer programming. A program has many applications like, setting up a communication channel, transmitting or storing sensor data, receive the data sent on the same communication channel on the other end.
Machine Learning
In the current scenario, IoT devices are not smart enough that it can completely replace human beings. But time will come when humans have to turn the system on for the first time only. After that, it will learn things by itself, and there’ll be no need for humans at all. This will only be possible with the help of machine learning.
Big Data
Machine learning and Big Data are like two sides of a coin. Machine learning needs a lot of space to store things that it has learned. Also, the sensor data that IoT will gather through some or the other network has to be stored and analyzed quickly for faster response.
Cloud Computing
Cloud is the only storage space which can be accessed by world’s largest network known as “the Internet.” This is the main reason for the increase in cloud computing jobs. In future, hardware will only be used to collect sensor data and transmit it in such a way that it can be stored in any cloud. The rest all tasks like Big Data analytics, sorting, etc. will be done on the cloud itself.
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