July 17, 2006 2:14 PM

An IT people person? Are you kidding?
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 2:14 PM

Nope, we're not.

We're pointing over to Maura Welch's "Business Filter" here on Boston.com, where the author/blogger picked up a story on how the successful IT employee of the future - and that's 2010, as in four years from now - will not be the one with the most tech skills but with the most interpersonal skills:

If there's one thing that corporate IT staff is traditionally not known for, it's people skills. But by 2010 the most sought-after corporate IT workers may be those with no deep-seated technical skills at all.