What happens to tech workers when their skills become obsolete?

Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by collyw on Thursday September 12, 2019 @06:39AM (#20949952)

Bootcamps get a bad rap on here, but for experienced developers I could actually see them being fairly useful. There is quite a difference between training an experienced developer in a new language / framework than trying to bring someone from zero knowledge to an employable level of knowledge.

As for CS fundamentals, the only time I have needed to implement a sort algorithm was at university and in some interviews. Not saying that it's all bad, it is useful to understand the underlying principles but there seems to be a focus on stuff that is becoming less and less relevant.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by dagw on Thursday September 12, 2019 @06:44AM (#20949977)

the only time I have needed to implement a sort algorithm was at university

Sure, but at some point you've probably had to implement some sort of novel algorithm. The reason they make you implement a sort algorithm isn't so that you learn to write sort algorithms, it's so that you learn how to implement an algorithm in general.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by scarface74 on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:20PM (#20955298)

In most jobs - you won’t have to implement any type of complex algorithm. The complexity is usually in the business requirements.

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Re:What happens to tech workers when their skills become obs... by dagw on Saturday September 14, 2019 @06:21AM (#20969916)

you won’t have to implement any type of complex algorithm.

Even designing and implementing fairly simple algorithms is easy to screw up if you're not sure how to approach it.

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