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Sorry, Gen Z isn't going to solve your tech skills crisis
- giantg2 5y agoIf you want to entice people and give them a clear career path, a union could do that ( ot that I'm totally sold on a union). Pay, skills, levels, treatment, hours, etc are all over the place, and are often times unfair. I'm 10 years in with an MS, and I have no motivation. I haven't seen any of the work really pay off. I don't have a clue what the future of my job looks like (I realize I don't have a career). I've witnessed so much political BS and unfair treatment. It's no surprise that people don't want to join this field. I hope my kid finds a better field, although I admit that I don't know what would truly be better (maybe judge or prosecutor since they are paid well and have tons of legal protections).
- hindsightbias 5y ago> More than half (56%) said a career in technology seemed complicated Well, they're completely right about that. I'm sure the medical industry feels the same way from the outside. Tools, methods and processes changing every few years, by the time you finish college you're years out of date and by the time you catch up with peers it's changed again. Traditional apprentices in manual industries don't have their environments upended every few years. In tech, you'll never be a master of anything relevant because by the time you've put your 10K hours in it's on the ash heap of tech.