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Re:Software company's response to Australian government abol... by AstralStorm on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:30AM (#14154658)
Sure it does need more talent, but alleged pipeline has been stalled by multiple factors.

1) Foreign and outsourced labour taking the entry level jobs preventing experience from accumulating.

2) Turning many jobs into glorified web apps and CRUD. Can't really go senior on that. You could on OSS or big and long personal projects but that takes a lot of time and thus money.

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Re:Software company's response to Australian government abol... by sanswork on Thursday April 20, 2017 @04:08AM (#14154804)
1) Very few people are going to go through the hassle of sponsoring an overseas worker for a junior role. It's a pain in the ass. I think this is an issue that is hugely over stated.

2) I don't know if you remember this but back before everything was a crud web app they were crud desktop apps. Most development work just isn't ever that exciting.

Lastly you don't consider at all that demand has outpaced the pipeline.

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