Re:Web-Era Trade Schools, Feeding a Need for Code
by w1ntermute on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @10:06AM
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Yeah, they all want 3-5 years experience, but they're more than willing to hire someone with less once they realize that someone with 3-5 years experience is probably not available at the salary they're willing to offer.
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Re:Web-Era Trade Schools, Feeding a Need for Code
by mgirdley on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @11:43AM
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There's an argument to be made that the vast majority of developers are underpaid in the US.
Re:Web-Era Trade Schools, Feeding a Need for Code
by w1ntermute on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @07:22PM
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They definitely are. If more developers knew how to negotiate, weren't so meek, and knew how to persuade/explain to managers that outsourcing is going to cost them a lot more in the long run, then the average developer would probably make a lot more money. But bargaining doesn't work so well on an individual level unless a lot of (good) developers are willing to bargain.