Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[hshubs@mindspring.com (Howard S Shubs)]

In article <DUoq3.50363$jl.33800040@newscontent-01.sprint.ca>, "Ian St.
John" <istjohn@spamcop.net> wrote:

>Even if you did, they wouldn't hire you. I picked up VC++ ( with an A+
>and reference from the instructor ) in order to upgrade. But, they
>hire 'entry level' out of University. With twelve years of experience,
>good references and a BSCS degree, I have been idle since last
>October, looking for someone willing to look at proven ability,
>instead of prior experience (Asm/C/FORTRAN,embedded,realtime)..

"He's scaring me!"

I've stopped mentioning FORTRAN as of this job search because I don't want
to use it.  While I've got over 10 years of paid experience with FORTRAN,
the jobs I see with it won't help me on later job hunts.


>The 'skills shortage' is really an inability of the industry to bring
>in and evaluate employees. Preferring to expend endless time on the
>theoretical 'perfect fit' employee that can start from day one.

Well, you've got to admit that that it's not easy.  The ratio of
"recruiters" to "head hunters", where a "recruiter" knows what's what and
a "head hunter" just looks for keywords, is very low, which doesn't help
either.
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