There Is No Shortage of High-Tech Workers
Published at 18:47 on 21 March 2018
There is a shortage of decency in the high-tech industry.
I base both these assertions on my experiences at the symposium today, where I met not one but two other individuals in basically the same situation as I am. As long as the high-tech industry considers the following non-qualifications to be job requirements:,
- Male,
- Between the ages of twenty-five and fifty,
- Thinks coding is the most fun thing in the universe,
- Thinks coding is about the only truly fun thing in the universe, really, and
- Outside of role-playing games, martial arts, and science fiction and fantasy fandom, thinks there’s basically little else of interest besides computers.
Then, yes, that industry will continue to suffer a “shortage” of “qualified” people.