I don't think it applies at all. Betteridge's law is meant to apply to headlines where journalists don't have sources and are just trying to get clicks.
If you read the link you would see that it was meant as a source for the 2% programmer unemployment number and the link was not trying to answer the question of whether this is everywhere. The question was a discussion point for others to talk about the atmosphere for programmers where they live.
I don't think that's true everywhere. However I know, at least judging by my inbox, that the tech market is actively looking for people with certain skills. C#/javascript/anything "web"(angular/mongodb/meteor) is really taking off right now. Secondarily I think we're seeing a ton of new cool things people can code from phones to wearables, tech is everywhere.
I've lived in several states over the last few years and everywhere I go there's a dire need for talent. Now some companies are simply gathering anyone and everyone with the label of "programmer" but the good firms are really struggling to find that 1 in 20 developer that really shines.
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4 u/a3lt 11 Jul 2015 01:02
Betteridge's law of headlines applies here.
4 u/Burqueno [OP] 11 Jul 2015 01:13
I don't think it applies at all. Betteridge's law is meant to apply to headlines where journalists don't have sources and are just trying to get clicks.
If you read the link you would see that it was meant as a source for the 2% programmer unemployment number and the link was not trying to answer the question of whether this is everywhere. The question was a discussion point for others to talk about the atmosphere for programmers where they live.
2 u/e0steven 11 Jul 2015 02:36
I don't think that's true everywhere. However I know, at least judging by my inbox, that the tech market is actively looking for people with certain skills. C#/javascript/anything "web"(angular/mongodb/meteor) is really taking off right now. Secondarily I think we're seeing a ton of new cool things people can code from phones to wearables, tech is everywhere.
Of course grain of salt being it is Albuquerque.
2 u/VoatForVote 11 Jul 2015 05:21
I've lived in several states over the last few years and everywhere I go there's a dire need for talent. Now some companies are simply gathering anyone and everyone with the label of "programmer" but the good firms are really struggling to find that 1 in 20 developer that really shines.
1 u/runvnc 11 Jul 2015 02:03
If you ask a recruiter they are always going to say that.
2 u/e0steven 11 Jul 2015 02:38
True, but then again the recruiters are in force only because they are being employed/used enough to warrant it.
1 u/Budro 11 Jul 2015 03:08
It's pretty low in Portland, OR too.
0 u/anon44568821830 11 Jul 2015 03:42
the market is about to get saturated af with programmers.