I like your blog mate, good stuff. Let me add some opinions to heat discussion even more ;)
I completely agree, it is easy to find a job as a software developer. Even more, it is easy to find a well paid job quickly (withing hours / days?). Demand on market here (Poland) is so f*cking huge as they hire everyone who knows at least a bit about IT and is not completely blind. If I compare it with other professions from my country, when for example you need to have experience, send nice CV + resume and pass few steps interview process if you want to be just a postman earning 6 times less than software engineer, do you see a difference mate? Maybe from perspective of well developed place, where salaries are really high and they can choose from more than one candidate then it is a bit more difficult. But again, also there is a huge demand, hard to not have a job in IT right now.
One more point. I know it is not an argument but I can bet with you that every average person can become a software engineer. Not good software engineer but just a software engineer. Our job is very, very easy, but to be good on it we need some gifts which are not simple or even not possible to train (eg. analytical mind?). And it is a reason why no one invest money to convert eg marketing department into IT department. Simply final effect will be most probably terrible and it does not matter how much sales department are determined to change or how much resources we put on it. Our job just require some special character skills not everyone has but once you have those skills, it is easy money maker.
Keep doing, looking forward to read more from you.
Hei Lucas, I was so happy to realize that you left your comment here :D I miss working with you man, and healthy discussions!
It seems that I divided the audience in two opposite directions, at least by looking at the comments. It is hard to write about cliche's but not to fall into one :) if you know what I mean? Generally, it is very inaccurate to say that some job is harder than other if one of them is strictly physical (muscle mass matters) and other is totally mental (brain power matters). That's why I didn't want to compare the actual profession, but to provide (as much as possible) objective analysis, what makes one software developer good. As you mentioned, it is definitely a set of skills, not every person have it.
I agree with you totally that we can convert most of the population into the IT industry, but as you already said, the outcome won't be satisfiable either to industry standards, neither to management nor customers.
Thank you once again for reading my blog :) I hope you'll have a chance to go through other articles of mine and drop your opinion.
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Yo Damian,
I like your blog mate, good stuff. Let me add some opinions to heat discussion even more ;)
I completely agree, it is easy to find a job as a software developer. Even more, it is easy to find a well paid job quickly (withing hours / days?). Demand on market here (Poland) is so f*cking huge as they hire everyone who knows at least a bit about IT and is not completely blind. If I compare it with other professions from my country, when for example you need to have experience, send nice CV + resume and pass few steps interview process if you want to be just a postman earning 6 times less than software engineer, do you see a difference mate? Maybe from perspective of well developed place, where salaries are really high and they can choose from more than one candidate then it is a bit more difficult. But again, also there is a huge demand, hard to not have a job in IT right now.
One more point. I know it is not an argument but I can bet with you that every average person can become a software engineer. Not good software engineer but just a software engineer. Our job is very, very easy, but to be good on it we need some gifts which are not simple or even not possible to train (eg. analytical mind?). And it is a reason why no one invest money to convert eg marketing department into IT department. Simply final effect will be most probably terrible and it does not matter how much sales department are determined to change or how much resources we put on it. Our job just require some special character skills not everyone has but once you have those skills, it is easy money maker.
Keep doing, looking forward to read more from you.
Hei Lucas, I was so happy to realize that you left your comment here :D I miss working with you man, and healthy discussions!
It seems that I divided the audience in two opposite directions, at least by looking at the comments. It is hard to write about cliche's but not to fall into one :) if you know what I mean? Generally, it is very inaccurate to say that some job is harder than other if one of them is strictly physical (muscle mass matters) and other is totally mental (brain power matters). That's why I didn't want to compare the actual profession, but to provide (as much as possible) objective analysis, what makes one software developer good. As you mentioned, it is definitely a set of skills, not every person have it.
I agree with you totally that we can convert most of the population into the IT industry, but as you already said, the outcome won't be satisfiable either to industry standards, neither to management nor customers.
Thank you once again for reading my blog :) I hope you'll have a chance to go through other articles of mine and drop your opinion.