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> Americans are not willing to step up and take these available software development jobs at a level of competence demanded by employers regardless of pay rate.
by sk5t 10y ago
> Americans are not willing to step up and take these available software development jobs at a level of competence demanded by employers regardless of pay rate.
Do you honestly believe this? There's an easy test against it: post a hard-to-fill job at $50K salary, increase it by $3K per day posted. Within a couple months you will start to see desirable applicants.
- austincheney 10y ago> Do you honestly believe this? Absolutely. Most of the time I have interviewed for a job in the past I am the guy picked out of 20-25 applicants. Its not because I am a rock star or something special. It is because most of these people are horribly under qualified. People want to get paid more, but are often not willing to invest the effort to make higher wages a reality. The common solution (band-aid) for this problem... frameworks.
- sk5t 10y agoPointing to your record as an interviewee is like saying "you always find your keys in the last place you look." Tech hiring is hard, and the glut of candidates pumping up their resumes with nonsense makes it harder still, but nothing about this suggests that Americans don't _want_ the jobs... the job postings just didn't attract a high proportion of very good applicants, whether due to company status, pay, location, or some other factors.