Re:Tech Jobs Lead to the Middle Class, But Not for the Masses
by flukus on Sunday May 19, 2019 @08:46PM
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> It's great that $50-80,000 salary jobs can exist for people who have a modicum of software development talent. I'm very happy for these people.
My impression was that these jobs have always existed but are disappearing, we used to call them support developers but that is a job title that seems to have disappeared lately, the jobs themselves seem to be disappearing in our rush to make everyone "full stack" interchangeable parts. Management sees the skill overlap and seem to think their roles can be replaced by real developers, which is a terrible term but I can't think of a better one, this may even be part of the problem.
The even bigger loss is that they could be great entry level roles for bringing less experienced people into the industry.
My impression was that these jobs have always existed but are disappearing, we used to call them support developers but that is a job title that seems to have disappeared lately, the jobs themselves seem to be disappearing in our rush to make everyone "full stack" interchangeable parts. Management sees the skill overlap and seem to think their roles can be replaced by real developers, which is a terrible term but I can't think of a better one, this may even be part of the problem.
The even bigger loss is that they could be great entry level roles for bringing less experienced people into the industry.