The problem is that the coding we did back in those days is considered obsolete and old-fashioned. And we also did something seemingly unheard-of now, testing our code!
Now, you need to be an expert on the 15 new scripting languages that have been released in the past 6 months to qualify for some of these positions. And that includes knowing all the current buzzwords used to describe them.
Of course, we can all be "greeters" at Walmart or Costco for $12/hour. Which is probably $5/hour more than the H-1B folks are being paid.
The coding is easy, the apostasy to the rainbow and BLM mafia is the impossible part!
yeah very true, cobol, perl, CGI, lots of java, most of it used for managing the global networks I designed and building fun sites, I was a network engineer, Then I started managing the engineers instead of being one, then they offshored a bunch. Then they on shored them with H1B’s. I’m sure the offshore trend will get bigger again.
It's (deliberately?) ignorant nonsense; I've learned at least three languages since my first, and none of them were much of a challenge. The fundamentals of programming apply to all languages.
There is react, angular, hadoop which are pretty new. But anyone who's been around can pick it up in a few weeks. Unfortunately, most employers do not want to train you.
“Of course, we can all be “greeters” at Walmart or Costco for $12/hour. Which is probably $5/hour more than the H-1B folks are being paid.”
Targets base is now $15. lol
Oh, the quality f the work product based on the requirements is just top notch too.
(do I really need a sarc tag here?)
Isn't that what production is for? After all, Agile doesn't allow for testing or documentation. Grrr.
The coding may be considered obsolete, however the logic is never obsolete...Have to have good logic skills (and as you say debugging) to write good code...