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I'd be curious to ask you what "tech skills" means. What's demanded by the companies you refer to is likely shifting constantly. If you're not working in the h

I'd be curious to ask you what "tech skills" means. What's demanded by the companies you refer to is likely shifting constantly. If you're not working in the hot stack, you're not going to have job security "prior generations could only have dreamed of."

zanny 9y ago
HN might not like to hear it, but what this hive mind likes to think of as "hot stack" - React, Node based software in general, etc - is not even close to the "hot stack" of almost anywhere except in the microcosm of California around SF. At the end of the day there will still be a dozen programming jobs in .Net or Java to every one in the latest and greatest web tech. In equal parts because on one hand finding people who stay contemporary with the "latest and greatest" is expensive and because businesses don't want to use the latest and greatest if it means changing the software they already wrote twenty years ago.
- thoughtpalette 9y ago
  This is an absurdly narrow view with regards in what the market/industry wants, especially in regards to geolocation.
mcphage 9y ago
> If you're not working in the hot stack, you're not going to have job security What do you think happens to all the software written in languages / frameworks after all the hotshot devs have moved on? They still need features and maintenance, and they’re not rewritten nearly as often or as quickly as people want to think.
- Rafuino 9y ago
  Totally agree, but I'm not convinced that tech job security is as solid as HN or VCs like to think. I'm trying to get at defining what "tech skills" means. It's such a broad term!
bdcravens 9y ago
There is a lot of code written everyday in .NET and Java. No, it's not necessarily in LA, NYC, or SF, and you may not be working for a hot startup. However, you may be imminently more hirable knowing C# than React, if you're willing to work in sectors like energy or healthcare.

zanny 9y ago

HN might not like to hear it, but what this hive mind likes to think of as "hot stack" - React, Node based software in general, etc - is not even close to the "hot stack" of almost anywhere except in the microcosm of California around SF. At the end of the day there will still be a dozen programming jobs in .Net or Java to every one in the latest and greatest web tech. In equal parts because on one hand finding people who stay contemporary with the "latest and greatest" is expensive and because businesses don't want to use the latest and greatest if it means changing the software they already wrote twenty years ago.

thoughtpalette 9y ago
This is an absurdly narrow view with regards in what the market/industry wants, especially in regards to geolocation.

mcphage 9y ago

> If you're not working in the hot stack, you're not going to have job security What do you think happens to all the software written in languages / frameworks after all the hotshot devs have moved on? They still need features and maintenance, and they’re not rewritten nearly as often or as quickly as people want to think.

Rafuino 9y ago
Totally agree, but I'm not convinced that tech job security is as solid as HN or VCs like to think. I'm trying to get at defining what "tech skills" means. It's such a broad term!

bdcravens 9y ago

There is a lot of code written everyday in .NET and Java. No, it's not necessarily in LA, NYC, or SF, and you may not be working for a hot startup. However, you may be imminently more hirable knowing C# than React, if you're willing to work in sectors like energy or healthcare.