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Isn't there still an abundance of tech positions open? From this article (1), "according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there’s plenty to go around. T
by leesec 4y ago
Isn't there still an abundance of tech positions open? From this article (1),
"according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there’s plenty to go around. The Bureau finds that openings for software engineers and similar jobs are projected to grow 22 percent from 2020 to 2030 – much faster than the average for all occupations – estimating about 189,200 new openings every year on average.
The Bureau also estimates that in 2020, there were 1.4 million more software development jobs than applicants who could fill them."
So I guess who cares if the industry shrinks by 10-20%? Isn't there still a vast shortage?
1. https://www.hackreactor.com/blog/open-coding-jobs https://www.hackreactor.com/blog/open-coding-jobs
- moneywoes 4y agoHeavily low paying jobs, yes
- confidantlake 4y agoThank you for providing a source. I went to the website. They themselves don't give any sources and they are a coding bootcamp with an incentive to talk up a shortage of developers for obvious reasons. I went on the US Bureau of Labor statistics (BLS) and found this page(1). There is no mention of 1.4 million unfilled software jobs. To me this doesn't pass the smell test. There are currently 1.6 million developers according to the BLS. Can someone really say with a straight face there should be 2x that? If that were true there wouldn't be 4 rounds of leetcode and system design for every generic developer job. 1. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...
- trashface 4y agoI think the number of openings is quite inflated especially at small companies. They often have multiple listings on their web page or job sites that they never interview for, the purpose is to just make the company look healthy.