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I agree, what I see in the midwest is that experienced, senior developers are in hot demand. The only companies that skew young are the Big Dumb Corps with horr
by le-mark 9y ago
I agree, what I see in the midwest is that experienced, senior developers are in hot demand. The only companies that skew young are the Big Dumb Corps with horrible cultures (overtime, low pay, atrocious legacy code). There are a lot of second or third tier universities graduating cs (or whatever) majors who don't go to silicon valley. One company here, in particular, vacuums these people up. Senior developers won't put up with that. Me and a lot of my peers have done stints there, and consider ever going back to be a last resort. Hence this particular company pays outlandish prices for contractors, even flying people in from out of state, weekly.
- logfromblammo 9y agoIs it Epic Systems? It sounds like Epic Systems. I did a stint there, and going back isn't even a last resort. I'd rather move to Elbonia and sell stolen credit card numbers.
- le-mark 9y agoClose, cerner.
- logfromblammo 9y agoI imagine GEMS and McKesson and Eclipsys and Meditech and Siemens are all so similar that you need to look at your employee ID to remember who you're working for. Let this be a lesson for all those looking to disrupt a big, heavily entrenched industry with lots of loose money sloshing around in it. But be warned: it's more difficult than it looks.