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>No one remembers how to fix it. This thought exercise also gets interesting with software development. There are few prospects available for new grads and jun
by strict9 1y ago
>No one remembers how to fix it.
This thought exercise also gets interesting with software development. There are few prospects available for new grads and junior devs now. Relentless offshoring, headcount reductions, and AI promises from CEOs have hollowed out the tech landscape. There are very few opportunities for young people to professionally develop the knowledge to keep the systems running.
And now most startups are focused on eliminating staff via AI. The people who would keep the systems running. I'm not sure where all of this leads to in a few years.
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- kmoser 1y ago"No one remembers how to fix it" sounds like the COBOL situation today. The reality is that the bar to learning COBOL is quite low: compilers and documentation are readily available for most platforms. What's lacking is incentive and drive: there are just too many other shiny tools to distract us, including jobs that sound more glamorous and/or pay just as well. A young person with the drive to learn just about anything has the means to do so, if they really want.
- strken 1y agoOne thing I've learnt over the years is that most so-called labour shortages aren't significant. Until the companies involved have started paying a lot more or providing cushy incentives, "shortages" are mostly just complaints about needing to spend 4 weeks hiring instead of 2.