What we don’t understand is why this has persisted: the barriers to entry are low, the pay is high, why don’t people shift into the field and bring up labor supply?
Also, smart people often live in a bubble of other smart people. Get out of the bubble and then try again teaching programming.
Recently I got a temporary side job teaching “computer skills” to random people. Most of them had serious problems understanding the “IF” statement in Excel.
They are? I know several people who’ve pivoted to becoming software developers. I think it’s just that growth in demand is keeping up or outpacing growth in supply.
What we don’t understand is why this has persisted: the barriers to entry are low, the pay is high, why don’t people shift into the field and bring up labor supply?
The barrier to entry is higher than you think, it just takes the form of a talent requirement rather than a training requirement.
Also, smart people often live in a bubble of other smart people. Get out of the bubble and then try again teaching programming.
Recently I got a temporary side job teaching “computer skills” to random people. Most of them had serious problems understanding the “IF” statement in Excel.
They are? I know several people who’ve pivoted to becoming software developers. I think it’s just that growth in demand is keeping up or outpacing growth in supply.