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>worker shortage Which industries? Not software, right? Because then I'll read about some 300+ applications per job vacancy, 8 flaming hoops to jump through if
by VoodooJuJu 4y ago
>worker shortage
Which industries? Not software, right? Because then I'll read about some 300+ applications per job vacancy, 8 flaming hoops to jump through if the Lady Fortuna grants you an interview, and an absence of courtesy because of how many other grunts are lined up - who has the time to email back an applicant anyway?
My head is spinning, I don't know what to make of it all.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoFor an opening at a FAANG paying $300k, sure. For, say, a senior Android developer position in a smaller city, you can look for months to get a decent applicant. (You'll get some "sure, I can code in Android" people with 3 months cranking out a little app for someone, but solid people with experience are rare.)
- tra3 4y agoI don’t disagree with what you’re saying, but it’s a different problem. The labour shortage is not constrained to just IT — it’s a global trend. This is one of those things that reasonably easy to verify. Check out the population pyramid in US 0. It’s relatively balanced, but other countries look much worse, see China for example. What this means is that we are not replacing folks that are retiring with new workers, and this process only accelerating. The long term trend seems pretty clear. 0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...
- adam_arthur 4y agoThe only reason there's wage inflation in software to begin with is because demand for labor exceeds supply. In the long run the 500k wages will compress back closer to median wages in real terms. Wage has very little to do with value add of the worker, its about the equilibrium price which is determined by supply an demand. Value add just sets a ceiling