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Companies stick to a narrative of a tech shortage, lobby government and universities to help import/train more talent, supply of talent increases, wages drop.
by jm__87 7y ago
Companies stick to a narrative of a tech shortage, lobby government and universities to help import/train more talent, supply of talent increases, wages drop.
I disagree that this is what is happening, given my own experience. But I'm not sure what the solution to the problem is. The smartest people I've worked with are motivated to learn more every day. You can offer the best training, but if someone doesn't care about inproving their skills or expanding their knowledge, you can't do much. Also, working effectively in a team environment also requires some soft skills that some people just don't have nor do they care to develop them. Again, can't force people to care.
- cunac 7y agoI think it is companies prerogrative to find a way to have cheaper qualified labor (within legal boundaries). Where companies fail in most cases is a qualifed/quality part of equation. Unfortunately I was in situations where given a pool of applicants I wouldn't hire any but stupid head count game is you snooze , you lose and no, management doesn't always understand addition by substraction priciple :-) also I see a lot of developers overestimating how good they are and demanding compensation that is not realistic to what they can deliver but they are within their rights to ask and if they get it more power to them