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> 1) talent is scarce Can I get a source for this?

by vdnkh 9y ago

eganist 9y ago
https://hackernoon.com/2018s-software-engineering-talent-shortage-its-quality-not-just-quantity-6bdfa366b899 https://hackernoon.com/2018s-software-engineering-talent-sho... https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/02/19/the-war-for-tech-talent-escalates/ejUSbuPCjPLCMRYlRZIKoJ/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/02/19/the-war-for-... https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3900575 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3900575 And a seemingly contrarian source which actually supports the argument I made: https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/12/the-tech-talent-shortage-is-a-lie/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/12/the-tech-talent-shortage-i... > Racial And Gender Inequality > Opportunity inequality has become so pervasive that minority tech employees are banding together with the explicit purpose of increasing their numbers in the space. If you’re a tech leader, you must fight against this inequality to benefit from talented people of all stripes. > Racial minorities are woefully underrepresented in the tech industry. And it’s not just a matter of race, either. Many don’t remember it, but women were once much more prevalent in tech. However, the proportion of female computer science students has halved since its heyday in the mid-1980s. And the women who do enter engineering are leaving at an astonishing rate. > These problems aren’t self-correcting; their resolution requires dedication from leadership. We’re all obligated to take the first step to reverse this worrisome, decades-long minority flight by acknowledging the issue and magnifying diverse voices. > If our industry has any hope of becoming more inclusive — which is a key step to solving our so-called “talent shortage” — we must be understanding, empathetic and open to others’ viewpoints. Would you like me to go on? I thought the talent scarcity problem was obvious, but I've got no qualms with more sourcing.
simonsarris 9y ago
> Why, in spite of high wages and cultural/economic importance of tech, has the number of CS majors has been basically flat for 15 years? https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/why-is-computer-science-enrollment-so-low-dea064c2f7f0 https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/why-is-computer-science-enr...

> 1) talent is scarce Can I get a source for this?

by vdnkh 9y ago

> 1) talent is scarce Can I get a source for this?

https://hackernoon.com/2018s-software-engineering-talent-shortage-its-quality-not-just-quantity-6bdfa366b899 https://hackernoon.com/2018s-software-engineering-talent-sho... https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/02/19/the-war-for-tech-talent-escalates/ejUSbuPCjPLCMRYlRZIKoJ/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/02/19/the-war-for-... https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3900575 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3900575 And a seemingly contrarian source which actually supports the argument I made: https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/12/the-tech-talent-shortage-is-a-lie/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/12/the-tech-talent-shortage-i... > Racial And Gender Inequality > Opportunity inequality has become so pervasive that minority tech employees are banding together with the explicit purpose of increasing their numbers in the space. If you’re a tech leader, you must fight against this inequality to benefit from talented people of all stripes. > Racial minorities are woefully underrepresented in the tech industry. And it’s not just a matter of race, either. Many don’t remember it, but women were once much more prevalent in tech. However, the proportion of female computer science students has halved since its heyday in the mid-1980s. And the women who do enter engineering are leaving at an astonishing rate. > These problems aren’t self-correcting; their resolution requires dedication from leadership. We’re all obligated to take the first step to reverse this worrisome, decades-long minority flight by acknowledging the issue and magnifying diverse voices. > If our industry has any hope of becoming more inclusive — which is a key step to solving our so-called “talent shortage” — we must be understanding, empathetic and open to others’ viewpoints. Would you like me to go on? I thought the talent scarcity problem was obvious, but I've got no qualms with more sourcing.

simonsarris 9y ago

> Why, in spite of high wages and cultural/economic importance of tech, has the number of CS majors has been basically flat for 15 years? https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/why-is-computer-science-enrollment-so-low-dea064c2f7f0 https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/why-is-computer-science-enr...