Employers just want to have their cake and eat it too. They want all the best talent, perfectly skilled in every language and library, with at least 10 years experience, for minimum wage. Forcing people into CS results in bad programmers who don't really care about the industry and are just out there to make money. And it results in poorly designed programs and APIs. And it drives down the wages of everyone who does really care about programming and the industry. Let it happen naturally. The people who love
There's no shortage of talent. There's a shortage of talent willing to work for 3rd world wages. These sorts of programs are aimed at increasing, and thus diluting, the applicant pool and tipping the market further in favor of employers.
That is just the thing: The employers are harming themselves massively with this stupidity. Cheap coders have very low and often negative (!) productivity. Good coders are expensive, need to be treated well, but they are worth their weight in gold.
If there was an actual talent shortage, we'd see HR departments relaxing hard requirements for a degree and being more accepting of non-degree certs and practical industry experience. They would also be removing their emphasis on young hires in order to get talent in wherever they could find it. Diversity wouldn't be an issue, if you had the degree, certs, or experience, you'd be hired.
That none of that is the case suggests there is not a talent shortage, just a shortage of cheap talent willing to work in
No shortage of talent either. The shortage happens at a price level. You certainly won't attract talent if you're offering below or at the minimum wage in a field. You'll get everyone who can't get one of the better jobs. Offer more and talent will seek you out. Then you just have to learn to recognize it.
There's no shortage of talent. There's a shortage of talent willing to work for 3rd world wages.
These sorts of programs are aimed at increasing, and thus diluting, the applicant pool and tipping the market further in favor of employers.
That is just the thing: The employers are harming themselves massively with this stupidity. Cheap coders have very low and often negative (!) productivity. Good coders are expensive, need to be treated well, but they are worth their weight in gold.
If there was an actual talent shortage, we'd see HR departments relaxing hard requirements for a degree and being more accepting of non-degree certs and practical industry experience. They would also be removing their emphasis on young hires in order to get talent in wherever they could find it. Diversity wouldn't be an issue, if you had the degree, certs, or experience, you'd be hired.
That none of that is the case suggests there is not a talent shortage, just a shortage of cheap talent willing to work in