[weliketocode]

No need to say 'bad', but there is definitely a shortage of experienced coders.

- Competition/Compensation for experienced coders has risen sharply

- There are many more inexperienced SDE's coming from colleges/bootcamps/etc

- Senior titles are often given to individuals who are still very early in their careers

Now, these factors might be necessary/good in the short term as software continues to eat the world.

But, let's not pretend that the talent shortage isn't a problem.

[hinkley]

Way too many developers are working on proprietary implementations of what is fundamentally a content management system. We should be creating half a dozen of these things and doing a little light customization and a few addons. Instead have a couple, and devs look down on people who use them.

Either we are lousy at picking projects, we have a broken culture, or the problem is that we have too many developers and so people can ramp up a bunch of projects that have already been done hundreds of times elsewhere.

We’ve added lanes to the proverbial highway and traffic just gets worse..

[WilliamEdward]

Somewhat hilariously, the problem isn't lack of talent in programmers, but lack of talent in companies. Someone on this thread claims everyone is being stolen by top tech companies, that means it's you who needs to make your business more attractive, not that there's a shortage of coders.

Experienced programmers know they don't have to settle for less.

[weliketocode]

The two issues aren't mutually exclusive.

The supply/demand balance for experienced engineers is such that many companies are (explicitly or not) choosing to go with less experienced engineers.

[FilterSweep]

Where are you specifically experiencing “a shortage of tech talent”?

Your issues in recruiting interviewing and oboarding are not the fault of tech workers.