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I've been in this trade for over 20 years, and here's why I think young people don't want tech jobs. 1. Nobody wants to be a nerd, and tech jobs are still asso
by eigengrau5150 5y ago
I've been in this trade for over 20 years, and here's why I think young people don't want tech jobs.
1. Nobody wants to be a nerd, and tech jobs are still associated with nerds.
2. Tech is thankless work that isn't easily contained within a 40 hour workweek without constant struggle.
3. Getting paid for overtime in this trade is rare unless willing to deal with the headaches that come with being a 1099 contractor.
4. If you're conventionally attractive, sociable, and likeable there are easier ways to make a living than tech.
5. Tech is for people without options. As long as kids think that only socially awkward, ugly guys go into this business, that's were you're going to get your talent. You don't have to be autistic or a misanthrope to work in this trade, but it certainly helps.
- archontes 5y agoThis list is identical to an analysis I once read investigating reasons women choose to go into tech less than their male counterparts. Thanklessness and the existence of better options were chief among them.
- qualudeheart 5y agoIs there really this shortage? Then why are there all these data science tech geekers on Instagram and linked in?
- eigengrau5150 5y agoDepends on who you want to believe. I figure that if corporations can't find people willing and able to work for them, it's entirely their own fault. Their hiring processes are probably crap and their compensation packages little better. But I'm just a burnt out IC so I'm biased to hell and back.