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The problem is being addressed both supply-side (H1B body shops) and demand-side (salaries and working conditions are broadly better than they used to be IMO).
by flomo 10y ago
The problem is being addressed both supply-side (H1B body shops) and demand-side (salaries and working conditions are broadly better than they used to be IMO). So it is hard to say.
I do think there is some truth in "ten years of experience" versus "one year of experience times ten". There are a lot of jobs in this industry where you only have to know so much, and that's all you have to know. CRUD forms are CRUD forms, at least until they change the technology stack.
Software is a fad-driven industry, but I think the underlying reason for continual new-stack fetishism is to shake-out the 1x10 people, rather than say the 5x2 people.
- watwut 10y agoI am more cynical. I think that reason for new-stack fetishism is incompetence combined with what I call "signaling game". Many people are unable to talk rationally about benefits and costs or solutions, so they jump anywhere where crowd goes to signal "I am passionate hacker". If people would think for themselves, you would see much less of herd behavior and less insecurity induced posturing.