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I've been both a professional pilot and software engineer. The process to become a pilot was more intense in time and cost than to become a software engineer. T
by travisjungroth 9y ago
I've been both a professional pilot and software engineer. The process to become a pilot was more intense in time and cost than to become a software engineer. The interview process for a job as a pilot is much easier than the interview process for a job as a software engineer.
The barrier to entry for software engineer jobs is all at the interview. That's why it's so hard, tedious, and complicated.
- quickben 9y agoImagine if this article was intended for pilots and it said: "How to interview entry level pilots for A380. On the job training provided if you are fresh graduate" I'm aware it's a regulated profession, but imagine if it wasn't? Whats there to stop management from actually fast tracking the backup pilots as that?
- travisjungroth 9y agoThat's kinda how it works in Asia. You sign a seven year contract, they send you to a flight school where you learn the basics, and they stick you as like fifth-in-command in an airliner. At some airlines you have to work for the company in some other capacity first.
- gaius 9y agoOn the job training provided if you are fresh graduate That is, in fact, how every Air Force in the world recruits pilots.