Re:Why you're having trouble hiring developers
by Swizec on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @01:39PM
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> It took over a year of searching in SV for me to find my current job because of it. Why is this the only industry in existence with such an accepted process?
Find some lawyer friends, ask them about the bar exam.
Find some doctor friends, ask them about what it took to become a full doctor.
Etc.
Software Engineers don't have those hoops to jump through. Anyone can call themselves a software engineer (in the US at least, other countries have legal requirements around the title). As a result it's up to the employer to do the weeding out of people who are no good.
Is it fair? Not at all. Is it always necessary? Def not. Does it make sense when software runs the world? Yes.
Ask employers and they'll tell you that over 50% of software engineer applicants can't even write a for loop. We're not talking "serious coding" here, we're talking "count to 5".
Find some lawyer friends, ask them about the bar exam.
Find some doctor friends, ask them about what it took to become a full doctor.
Etc.
Software Engineers don't have those hoops to jump through. Anyone can call themselves a software engineer (in the US at least, other countries have legal requirements around the title). As a result it's up to the employer to do the weeding out of people who are no good.
Is it fair? Not at all. Is it always necessary? Def not. Does it make sense when software runs the world? Yes.
Ask employers and they'll tell you that over 50% of software engineer applicants can't even write a for loop. We're not talking "serious coding" here, we're talking "count to 5".