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I should clarify I lifted the 99% stat from the linked wiki. I agree it seems high. I’ll estimate zero to 10% wildly incompetent. Many of the folks who aren’t
by nuclearnice1 5y ago
I should clarify I lifted the 99% stat from the linked wiki.
I agree it seems high.
I’ll estimate zero to 10% wildly incompetent. Many of the folks who aren’t able to program find other ways to be useful: Testing, requirements, prod support, sys admin, config. It’s not even clear they couldn’t program, but maybe came to prefer the other work at some point.
What’s your wildly incompetent estimate?
- mattkrause 5y agoA few percent maybe, but not as high as 10 percent. It's also not just people who "can't" do it, but also those that aren't motivated or cooperative (for whatever reason).
- LorenPechtel 5y agoThe problem is the percentage of wildly incompetent applying for your job is a lot higher than the percentage of wildly incompetent overall.
- dnautics 5y agoabsolutely. The incentives to train for the job search and then apply (and succeed at) a job with zero relevant competency, are quite high. And there are... geographies... which have a deserved reputation of being mills for those sorts of individuals, likely because the economic incentive is even stronger than the median, which I suspect is quite annoying for actually competent people that come from those geographies.
- nuclearnice1 5y agoDidn’t mattkrause acknowledge as much in his comment? > The job market, …, is undoubtedly enriched for them.