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On 18 Feb 2015, at 18:06, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2015-02-18 16:07, Jay Bennie wrote: >> interesting reading, i wonder when people at the top will realise just because >> you have a qualification, wont mean your any good at it. Software development is >> as much an art form as it is a trained skill. All this will do is flood the >> market with crap programmers. > > There is more to the Digital skills gap than software engineering, and coding > skills. > > The security market is bemoaning the loss of the hacker/cracker ethos, where > younger people aren't interested in breaking things (most of them break easily > enough). Probably also that it is a skill which is useful for defending (somewhat > - it is over-egged), but illegal to practice, bit like lock breaking except a lot > more varied, and the important locks are replaced every time someone publishes a > way to break them. > > Testing too has always struggled to gain a foothold, with many software > organizations not even having professional testing people. Imagine that in any > other engineering discipline. > > "We built you a car, nice engine, cool decals. Tested? We just drove it around the > track a few times, and one of our mechanics took it home for the weekend." > > I can't really recommend general IT as a career either, as it is hugely uncertain, > medicine and Undertaking are probably more reliable fields. There is always room > for specialist expertise, but people who can build you a general server, are > largely fungible. There will always be room at the top, but the skills needed are > changing fast, and when the dust settles who knows where things will be. > > If the problem is real enough market forces will solve it, sometimes I think there > is a "recruiting well is hard work, therefore there is a shortage" mentality. > > But current leading job in Exeter for IT, want Linux, Windows, switches and > networking, databases, vmware, Chef/Puppet, and they want to pay you what you'd > get for 5 years of teaching, or about the same as a junior policeman or junior > fireman. Not to do down those roles, but you'll need an IQ in the top percent or > two and 5 to 10 years experience to even be anywhere near that. > +1 on most of this. > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq