When I hear people complain it’s hard to hire good software engineers

Re:When I hear people complain it’s hard to hire good softwa... by PeterStuer on Friday June 24, 2022 @03:55AM (#31858876)

You might find some 50+ software engineers embedded in industry verticals, usually moved their from other parts of the company after having proved adept at IT skills or cross-hired as seniors from the software consulting industry, usually skilled in a legacy tech the company uses (Cobol and RPG used to be the prime examples).

A medium to large software company never hires 45, a small software company almost never hires 35+.

As for the "bootcamp graduades", there is huge variance in the outcomes, but the median result is very disappointing.

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Re:When I hear people complain it’s hard to hire good softwa... by sokoloff on Friday June 24, 2022 @06:35AM (#31859873)

I wonder how much of the median bootcamper is disappointing pattern is from a strong selection effect. Programming is interesting and easy for some and boring and hard for others. People for whom it’s easy are somewhat more likely to have found it via a non-bootcamp path.

If cooking suddenly became very lucrative and I went to a culinary bootcamp right now, I’d almost surely be a failure at a career change in that direction in large part because for 40+ years of being exposed to cooking, I showed no significant prior interest.

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Re:When I hear people complain it’s hard to hire good softwa... by tpm20pmt on Friday June 24, 2022 @07:09AM (#31860079)

51 years old means they maybe graduated in 1993.

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