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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by jmcqk6 on Sunday April 21, 2019 @11:48AM (#19712610)
>There is NOT a shortage of software developers. That myth was developed by big tech, and pushed all the way up the ladder, to the top of government. The goal? Reduce labor costs.

What is the line of reasoning than goes from 'there is a shortage of developers' to 'therefore, we need to pay less.'?

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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by mixmastamyk on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:17AM (#19716695)
They don’t want to pay market rates, so promote a story to slow or reverse wage inflation.

But “don’t wanna pay” (when companies and 1%ers are hoarding like never before) doesn’t equal a shortage.

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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by jmcqk6 on Monday April 22, 2019 @11:45AM (#19719794)
If there is a shortage, by supply and demand, wages should go up.

If they want to pay less, they should be out saying that there is an over supply and they can get workers for whatever wage they actually want.

You haven't explained how a shortage can lead to paying less on the part of companies... I still don't understand this logic.

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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by mixmastamyk on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @01:27AM (#19725815)
> You haven't explained how a shortage can lead to paying less on the part of companies.

There is no shortage. They promote the story of the shortage to pressure government to let in more indentured foreigners, with the slower goal of encouraging more locals to pursue those careers.

You'll notice that "paying more" (the classical/rational economic solution) doesn't seem to be an option.

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