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supply of scala developers to demand is so unbalanced that you are sure to do fine. A portfolio that shows that you can complete all facets of a large project
by jquast 9y ago
supply of scala developers to demand is so unbalanced that you are sure to do fine.
A portfolio that shows that you can complete all facets of a large project (tests, documentation, builds, artifact publishing) will get you hired fine, don't sweat it.
- jey 9y agoAgreed. Just apply for any Scala job that you think you could do, even if it wants an "experienced" developer with 20 years of Scala experience.
- jghn 9y agoIs the demand really all that high? As a scala dev myself, when I look around it always seems like the trend is heading in the wrong direction in terms of the job market.
- neverminder 9y agoMy thoughts exactly. I am at the point of considering switching to another language, because job opportunities with Scala are just abysmal.
- peterbecich 9y agoJust more anecdata; most of the Scala positions I've seen are data engineering roles with Spark. I need to look harder for Scala roles without Spark.
- fspear 9y agoInitially that was my experience too but over the past 2 years I've found that more and more places are switching to Java or Python for Spark Data Engineering actually, it might only be in my local market though.
- peterbecich 9y agoThanks, I will keep that in mind. Additionally, I've been told recently that Scala is losing ground to Go for things not related to data engineering.
- fspear 9y agoYes I've noticed this too. After a few Scala contract gigs (3 years) I haven't done any Scala in the past year and a half, Java and Python seem to be gaining more ground for new projects, specially in the enterprise or government.
- jquast 9y agoJust to reply that I only briefly did Scala for less than a year, and my perspective of supply vs. demand was from attending a NYC Scala conference, maybe I was mislead to believe the supply vs. demand was this unbalanced. As in most conferences, there are a hundred folks who say "We are hiring Scala Engineers" at every table and at the end of every talk. My employer at the time was desperately seeking Scala engineers and finding none, so they spent money to train their existing engineers. So that's my Anecdotal evidence. I really just wanted to add that when I was young, the programming language was everything to me, it was my number one qualifier for whether I wanted to work somewhere. That is no longer true. The people I work with is now the most important thing to me.