The 'skills shortage'
Guardian mini-article.It comes as a big shock to me when I find Jack Schofield coming out with something I can agree with, but this:
This creates the impression that the IT industry is mainly short of overeducated young people who will work for not much money.
hits the nail on the head. No wonder programming is being seen as uncool - a low-paid job that leaves you on the scrap-heap at 40? And these days requires a relevant degree (relevant in this case having the additional meaning of 'f**k all use in any other industry'). Overall, salaries don't seem to be going up, a lot of the jobs advertised these days offer less than I was earning in the late 1980s.
Yet British industry doen't seem to have much problem paying out good money to nebulously-defined marketing people or even mega-money to 'world-class executives' (translation: someone who's presided over the f**king up of a major corporate :)).
How come the law of supply and demand doesn't operate here?
posted by Les the Spaceman @ 8:33 am
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2 Comments:
Cheers for that, RB. All a bit cicrular, the Grauniad quoting me quoting the Grauniad :)
RB, my strong advice to you would be to have one thought in mind if you're entering IT after you graduate: to be self-employed at some stage. Day-jobs are good for paying the bills (and your student loan) but regard them as no more than a gap-filler.
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