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For the last several years "learn to code" has been a meme (President Obama spoke to this on multiple occasions), and the "T" in "STEM" is "Technology." I don't
by sidlls 10y ago
For the last several years "learn to code" has been a meme (President Obama spoke to this on multiple occasions), and the "T" in "STEM" is "Technology." I don't think the "meme" is the problem.
Also, while I definitely am much more well paid as an engineer than I ever would have been as an academic, the quality of employment the field (in terms of opportunities available, working conditions, peers, and other factors) is a bit underwhelming, in my opinion. Without some pretty big changes in some of these I'm not sure we should blindly encourage "everyone" to seek an IT career.
- OpenDrapery 10y agoAgreed on the quality of employment. It's quite eye opening when you realize that a company will pay you $100k salary, basically to "own" you. Show up for work at the designated time, sit in your assigned seat. Sometimes you will get interesting work. Most times you will get menial tasks. Sometimes you won't get any work at all. After the first month, you're thinking, "Uh, I was here about the software developer position? Are we going to be building any software?" le sigh
- jackgolding 10y agoCurious as to which fields you think have it better? (i.e. quality of employment is far greater than the effort to become employable)