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Shortage of devs is (was?) a very popular talking point, but is it really true? If each developer was so unique, special and valuable, would companies be laying
by rl1987 4y ago
Shortage of devs is (was?) a very popular talking point, but is it really true? If each developer was so unique, special and valuable, would companies be laying them off now?
If the developers were so hard to find, wouldn't companies adjust their expectations and work with who they can find, instead of having them play Leetcode and other crazy games that have very little to do with day to day realities of work at the company?
When there's a famine, people don't complain that their T-bone steak is medium well done, they eat what little food they can find.
- d4mi3n 4y agoI don’t disagree with your line of thought, but found it interesting the the OP specifically mentioned cost but not scarcity. Or rather scarcity of candidates that meet an employers criteria—criteria that may be unrealistic or out of touch.
- greatpostman 4y agoI’m a well paid engineer and agree, I don’t believe the shortage. I think companies are just cheap
- pm90 4y ago> Shortage of devs is (was?) a very popular talking point, but is it really true? If each developer was so unique, special and valuable, would companies be laying them off now? When companies were executing on projects that required workers and couldn’t find them, yes there was a shortage. When companies cancelled several projects and had extra headcount, they let workers go. I suspect in the not so distance future the very same companies laying off workers now will need more of them, and that will be even more difficult than today.
- rl1987 4y agoThe supposed inability to find them is the very thing I question.