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There is not a shortage of programmers, there is a shortage of inexpensive programmers.
by lgleason 13y ago
There is not a shortage of programmers, there is a shortage of inexpensive programmers.
- Toenex 13y agoAlternatively perhaps the market undervalues the task of software development
- jonsen 13y agoDoesn't that imply that there is a shortage of programmers worth their salary?
- dropit_sphere 13y agoThen...drop their salary? Are these companies being run by four-year-olds? "We lured developers with huge compensation packages because we only want rockstars, but we end up losing money on them!" Which is it? Is it a highly valuable skill that everyone should learn (why doesn't the company owner learn it then?), or is it "sneaky non-unionized-and-colluded-against-by-Google-and-Apple developers aren't "worth" their salary?" Gotta pick one. Some companies are just not the best use of dev time, and should die if they require it to survive. I feel much better saying that about companies than people.
- jonsen 13y agoHow could there not be almost nobody but "four-year-olds" in an immature and fast pacing technology sector?
- dropit_sphere 13y agoBut there are not. A sector being new is not a constraint on the individuals. Plus, pleading about inexperience seems a little late. It's 2014. The Mythical Man Month was written what, 40 years ago? Maybe I'm off and it's 30. Still? Honestly as I think about it, that is a book everyone should read. Managing software development is a more valuable skill than the actual development.
- Toenex 13y agoYes. In the start-up world I suspect that crap idea or no market are more common reasons for failure than bad software.
- cmollis 13y agotrue. there is a shortage of inexpensive programmers in the US. More people coding = more entry level programmers that are cheap (because, ya know, outsourcing overseas is a bit of a hassle, H1B is a mess, etc, etc). There are probably too many fucking programmers...