Re:A shortage of GOOD workers? (Score 1)

Reading all these comments...there seems to be a common theme that "There is no shortage of IT workers, just a shortage of good ones." Why is that? I'm really asking because I don't know. Why are the majority of practitioners of our profession bad? This doesn't happen with other professions does it? (doctor, lawyer, etc.) >> Yes same mess in medicine, most are business people now, exception do their work properly but they become so rare that >> they are in trouble and frequently event ejected by their incompetent colleagues , I hope you have nothing serious >> and or believe in homeopathy or exotic medicines I have a couple of theories: 1) Working in IT requires constant learning and keeping up on the latest technologies. People who already work 60 hours a week and have families just don't have time to keep their skills current. They trust their companies to keep them trained, and the companies let them down. >> Yes explosive complexity is one source , but the real problem is MONEY driven business where profitability surpass >> any others arguments 2) There is no consistent college preparation and certification like there is for every other professional field. I'm a software developer who has a Computer Science degree, but most other developers have MIS degrees, Math degrees, Engineering degrees, no degree, etc. Lots of people who are clever "coders" are actually poor overall software developers. >> I am sure even a Computer Science degree is inadequate >> Did you had extensive our explaining you the rigor of software development >> And sorry probably most IT people would not have an IQ of 120 that is probably the minimum for this type of job >> Or why would they take so systematically illogical decisions? Anyone have other clues? >> There are probably many others reasons >> One is marketing that spend so much money to mislead the people, and those guys are well paid >> Logic they all succeed in their job, probably it is easy to mislead people