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Slashdot Asks: Which IT Hiring Trends Are Hot, and Which Ones Are Going Cold?
snydeq writes: Recruiting and retaining tech talent remains IT's biggest challenge today, writes Paul Heltzel, in an article on what trends are heating up and what's cooling off when it comes to IT staffing. "One thing hasn't changed this year: Recruiting top talent is still difficult for most firms, and demand greatly outstrips supply," writes Heltzel. "That's influencing many of the areas we looked at, including compensation and retention. Whether you're looking to expand your team or job searching yourself, read on to see which IT hiring practices are trending and which ones are falling out of favor." What are you seeing companies favoring in the hiring market these days?
Just like the NBA: churn and burn. It may be better to become a domain expert with IT knowledge rather than a "direct" IT expert. For example, accounting and chemistry don't change nearly as quick as direct IT. Thus, domain experience is more likely to be valued after age 45. I don't see bunches of accounting and chemistry fads equivalent to IT fads. There's no "Quarks are Obsolete! Learn NoQuarksNeeded 2.0 in 21 Days Head First Unleashed" books in the chemistry section. (Hmmm, maybe there's room for con artists in those industries.)
IT is closer to the clothing fashion industry than real topics. That's why they want younglings. I've seen several dozens of way to do plain old CRUD screens over the years. Do we really need 38 ways to do the same thing and throw out #1 thru #37 to get 38? Plus, they often grow more complicated over time, not less. De-evolution. "It's agile functional separation of scale-able and cloud-able concerns that provides nimble global synergy..." Yeah right, shuddup[1]. The cloud, for example, is often used as an excuse to do really stupid unproven shit in order to out-buzzword your conpetition[2]. Con artists rule over IT.
[1] and git off my lawn
[2] misspelling intentional
Table-ized A.I.
Females get harassed in programming anyway
Sexual harassment exists in all professions. I have seen zero evidence that it is more common in programming. My company has dealt with dozens of complaints from the sales dept, from shipping/receiving, and even one from the accounting dept. Number from programming or IT: 0.
The dev with 10 years experience just turned 30 and is ripe to be fired and replaced by the new grad. The old dev will never work again, not anywhere, not ever. Experience is a curse, and if you don't believe it, you're next to be fired. Bye-bye!
I second this. I did manage to find two short gigs after my main employer of 20 years closed our lab and fired everyone but I was replaced by H1B's, each time. Until we plug the H1B RATLINES coming into the country a CS degree is a one way ticket to serving french fries for the rest of your life.
Thank god I put LOTS of money in my 401K. Sorry about you new folks just coming into the workforce. The rock stars will find jobs for a few years, the rest of you are screwed.
Yeah, sure, Wilbur.
Finding a job is not ever easy, anyone who says that it is, is speaking of personal experience, and I bet by the next job or two in their future, they'll be like "WTF, why is this so hard, it never was before, must be ageism"
But it is not. It is the way it is supposed to be. I've not found it super hard to find a job in my 40s with 23 years of experience than I did in my 30s. I admit in my 20s I found it dirt easy to find a job, but that was during the dot com party, and that was a serious outlier, if you think that's normal, you really need to adjust your attitude. So, hard but not impossible. Also if you can be flexible where you live, that helps too. Maybe right now isn't the best in TX, but in Pittsburgh, as it is booming, so move to Pittsburgh. Then in 3-5 years, move to Boston.
Also salary expectations is way the hell out of line. Yes some get those expectations fulfilled, but that too is an outlier and more an indicator of luck than real skill.