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>The "Shortage Of Developers" myth just can't seem to die. Software development labor is a market. If there was really a shortage of developers, you'd see compe

by runT1ME 10y ago

>The "Shortage Of Developers" myth just can't seem to die. Software development labor is a market. If there was really a shortage of developers, you'd see compensation rising to adjust, looser restrictions on remote work, role/responsibility incentives, etc, but is this happening? Yes...? All of this has happened. Twitter has become remote friendly. My employer is 100% no remote but continues to make exceptions and we have 6 or so remote employees now. Salaries have skyrocket in the last five years. So I'd say...yes, there is a shortage of talented developers.

onion2k 10y ago
there is a shortage of talented developers "talented" in that context usually means "has the ability of an experienced developer at the salary of a more junior developer." If you accept that talented software engineers are the people who are simply good at software development then there are plenty - but they're often older, more experienced, and consequently paid more.
randomdata 10y ago
> Salaries have skyrocket in the last five years. So I'd say...yes, there is a shortage of talented developers. Actually, a shortage means that there is an external force that prevents the price from rising, such as government intervention[1]. If salaries have skyrocketed in the last five years, that is a sure sign that there isn't a shortage; although perhaps a shrinking pool of those who can afford the available supply. As higher and higher salary offers are made, fewer and fewer companies can justify the costs. As fewer companies can afford to hire developers, fewer developers are needed. Thus, in a functioning market where prices are rising, the number of businesses in the running to hire developers can never exceed the number of developers available. As soon as there is another business wanting to hire a developer, the price will rise until someone stops wanting a developer because it has become unaffordable. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortage

by runT1ME 10y ago

onion2k 10y ago

there is a shortage of talented developers "talented" in that context usually means "has the ability of an experienced developer at the salary of a more junior developer." If you accept that talented software engineers are the people who are simply good at software development then there are plenty - but they're often older, more experienced, and consequently paid more.

randomdata 10y ago

> Salaries have skyrocket in the last five years. So I'd say...yes, there is a shortage of talented developers. Actually, a shortage means that there is an external force that prevents the price from rising, such as government intervention[1]. If salaries have skyrocketed in the last five years, that is a sure sign that there isn't a shortage; although perhaps a shrinking pool of those who can afford the available supply. As higher and higher salary offers are made, fewer and fewer companies can justify the costs. As fewer companies can afford to hire developers, fewer developers are needed. Thus, in a functioning market where prices are rising, the number of businesses in the running to hire developers can never exceed the number of developers available. As soon as there is another business wanting to hire a developer, the price will rise until someone stops wanting a developer because it has become unaffordable. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortage