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There still aren't enough tech workers, and enterprises are paying the price
- mindcrime 11y agoAs others have pointed out, there isn't really a "shortage" in the general sense. There's a "shortage of people will to do this for the amount I want to pay". If you want to attract more talented people to IT, pay more. And on a related note: more businesses should "play the long game" and hire junior level / inexperienced people, and provide serious mentoring, on-the-job training, and help groom them to advance. The refusal of firms to help their staff grow and develop is, IMO, a big part of the reason why we have the move to the "gig economy". It would also help if companies treated employees as people not some fungible commodity, where developers can be swapped in and out like cogs in a machine.
- bediger4000 11y agoIt would also help if companies treated employees as people not some fungible commodity Large companies can't do this: they're too wedded to the idea of "human resources", where any job can be filled by any human with the appropriate SAP title, and managing by drug tests, and other non-human-judgement processes.