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I disagree with your assertion that not being able to run a publicly addressable web server out of your house is a barrier to entry in tech jobs. However, I ha

I disagree with your assertion that not being able to run a publicly addressable web server out of your house is a barrier to entry in tech jobs. However, I have friends in the heartland interested in tech jobs. I tried to help one learn HTML and CSS over Zoom calls and quickly discovered internet quality (speed, latency, etc) is a barrier to entry. When your internet isn’t even good enough to pair program that’s a problem. We even went to the trouble of finding the nearest buried fiber (half a mile away on a major road) and calling the owner (Sprint) to see how much it would cost to splice him in as a customer (a ridiculous sum). I still can’t comprehend how we had an extended period (nearly a decade) of high unemployment across the heartland and the most portable job which pays a living wage was importing talent from the other side of the globe.

ldoughty 7y ago
I agree with you -- it's not the ONLY barrier to entry, but it can be A barrier to enter that also works as a good standard to support many features IT workers need... Though I suppose video calls w/screen sharing is now a better measuring stick for the current shape of IT.
Lammy 7y ago
It’s a barrier to entry for equality of many sorts. The right not to be spied on is tied up in the inequality of Internet access. No paid offering for $(NETWORK_SERVICE) can compete with the zero monetary cost of centralized ad-funded services. If you could host your “cloud” photos, emails, or whatever on the home connection you already pay for then it might be a different story.