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Re:Ask HN: How does a self-taught programmer get as skilled ... by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday November 27, 2015 @02:04PM (#10638420)
None of it is dead. At my last job we were having trouble finding good entry level EE's. At my current job we just hired one after a long search.

Like finding software developers: just cuz they have a degree doesn't mean they learned anything.

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Re:Ask HN: How does a self-taught programmer get as skilled ... by lordCarbonFiber on Monday November 30, 2015 @03:42PM (#10651589)
I guarantee you, the reason you were having trouble isn't because the grads "don't know anything" it's because you weren't paying enough. From my experience the job market for most flavors of EE is "dead". I think 25% of my class last year actually went into engineering. The rest went to CS grad school, software dev, consulting, or finance.

When you are offering lackluster responsibility, and bottom feeder pay, don't be surprised when you can't find talent.

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Re:Ask HN: How does a self-taught programmer get as skilled ... by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday November 30, 2015 @09:11PM (#10653270)
Thank you for that completely uninformed rant!
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