Re:Ask HN: Is there really a shortage of developers in the s...
by nostrademons on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @01:16AM
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I think there is a shortage of developers of the quality that startups want to hire for the price they want to hire them.
Digging a bit deeper - I do think there's a pretty universal shortage of high-quality developers in the software world. Understand your CS fundamentals + current technologies and have decent social skills and you will never lack for work. I think that Google and Facebook have gobbled up the vast majority of these developers, because they are willing to pay higher wages than most startups can. That's the way economics works: the people who can pay the most get first crack at the supply.
Digging a bit deeper - I do think there's a pretty universal shortage of high-quality developers in the software world. Understand your CS fundamentals + current technologies and have decent social skills and you will never lack for work. I think that Google and Facebook have gobbled up the vast majority of these developers, because they are willing to pay higher wages than most startups can. That's the way economics works: the people who can pay the most get first crack at the supply.