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Re:A framework for grading your performance on programming i... by Jensson on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @09:45AM (#28918013)
There is a finite supply of STEM minded people, the extreme salaries in programming has already shifted many of those to programming. The job climate today is basically the same as 10 years ago, the interviews looks the same, the salaries are a bit higher but around the same etc. So as far as I know this is the stable point where the people staying in other STEM jobs prefer those jobs over the money, and you wont attract more of those unless you pay even more than companies do now.
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Re:A framework for grading your performance on programming i... by zenithd on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @10:22AM (#28918392)
I think this is probably spot-on.

Anyone who has taught introductory CS courses at an average public college/university (so, not a huge R1 state flagship) can tell you that getting into programming is not easy. Plenty of students who I would describe as "smart enough" have an incredibly hard time learning how to program.

The bar is a lot higher than most people here seem to believe.

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