It seems like tech jobs are becoming more and more ubiquitous as time goes on Nowadays you see many YouTube videos, TikToks, boot camps, children’s books all talking to a larger audience about coding. Not too long ago, leetcode problems were not widely known but now you see joe shmoes on social media discussing CTCI, Leetcode, and tech TC.
It’s only worrisome to you because you realize you have no real skills that set you apart from those “joe shmoes”
If you’re on blind, you should know interviews are a different ballgame than real experience :)
Again, only at the low end for the “factory” jobs. At the high end, it is about experience over memorization.
More likely the recommendation algorithms have adapted to your tech browsing habits so it seems that way. Core tech remains a very small fraction of professionals in the US especially compared to the number of jobs available
Looking at the exploding TCs even in mid-tier corps, I’m not worried. Even with a broader talent pool from the expansion of remote work there still aren’t enough upper-middle range SWEs.
The demand for software is increasing, as did the demand for electricity, artificial light, mass produced goods, etc. The knowledge of how to create any of these things used to be the province of a few and then spreads to many, becoming common. Gatekeepers get bypassed. So we have to take a step back and ask what is the value you deliver in a given tech role? If it’s exclusive access to some kind of knowledge as a gatekeeper, that won’t last. If it’s using your knowledge as leverage against solving problems that deliver value, that is specific leverage that can’t be duplicated easily. Put simply: “Code generation” will be automated as much as possible, and what’s left will be menial. Problem solving will forever be in demand and highly valued as long as humans continue to have unmet desires (a certainty)
I mean anyone can Google or use YouTube to find out how to fix a toilet but that doesn't give them the skill set to be a plumber. Same goes for development as anyone can do a hello world program but it's not the real world
It’s been an employees market for ages, well before the great resignation which has FOMO’d every company into trying to hire even more top talent. I only see it getting better for SWEs in the medium term.
Not worried at all. Look at how many jobs get posted every day on LinkedIn. It’s crazy and as time goes on it will go up. We won’t be able to keep up with the need.
There's a lot of work to be done in sectors that cannot afford paying devs six figures. That will absorb all these "handyman" devs. The demand for proper, well-rounded devs still outpaces supply.
Correct. The market for simple CRUD apps actually outpaces the market for sophisticated distributed systems, arguably. This is why we have a proliferation of those no code app builders which all will be the next cobol for devs making 70-90k in Kansas or Tennessee. the skill required for scaling distributed systems is much higher and the financial rewards far greater. It's really kind of a 2 tier market honestly.
Bi-modal. At least pay is. I doubt that challenge level really is
All my socials are about tech half the time. That’s because of the recommendation algorithm, it’s not what everyone else sees.
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Only at the low end. But, such is the nature of all professions. Don’t stay at the low end.
What is low end and high end?
Low end being beginner. Senior on the high end.