Re:The programming talent myth
by srryaccntcrtn on Monday May 04, 2015 @07:23PM
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A typical useful idiot grade remark by the speaker. Actually we as software devs have to ensure that the supply of talent in our field is somewhat balanced to our interests to protect our financial positions and prospects from degrading due to the influx of new devs on the job market.
Supply and demand baby!
> The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2020 there will be a 1.5 million programming job gap, which means there will be that many jobs unfilled. That's in five years. The EU has published similar numbers, 1.2 million in 2018—three years. That means we need to be doing something to get more people into our industry.
There you have it. That's how many of us are thinking, while at the same time we suffer from ageism, wage-fixing, working overtime and being seriously underpaid in general for the value that we provide to our employers. How can we be so stupid as to care about programming jobs being filled? Is it any wonder that we end up being abused?