There are no shortages in the Java industry
Companies are afraid of the win-some-lose-some situation
e.g... 1's a good developer is decoverd and hes been sent
on a lot of training he leaves the company for more lucrative benefits
and that happened a lot of times in the public sector
Werner Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Werner Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Finding a job as an entry-level Java programmer is really difficult,
even if you have other IT experience. Maybe if companies give
entry-level Java programmers a chance, things could change a bit...
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dr Heinz M. Kabutz
Sent: 31 January 2006 02:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CTJUG Forum] Re: Promoting Africa
> Don't forget as well that in the current South African socio-economic
> climate there is a personnel shortage in other industries as well, in
> fact, Sunday's career times (part of the sunday times) reported that
> the shortage in the engineering sector (a related industry) is more
> acute than in the computing sector. 1 in 3 job adverts in the career
> times are for engineers.
>
> As for the reason for the shortage of good java developers, there just
> aren't enough java developers entering the industry to cope with the
> demand. Other issue is that you don't necessarily get a good java
> developer merely by them going through computer science at University.
> It takes more than that.
Ok, so engineering and software development is experiencing a shortage.
Just got off the phone from someone in Johannesburg begging me to tell
him about *good* Java programmers willing to work for him. So it is
not just Cape Town.
So what is causing the shortage of good software developers? Not just
Java, but in general? I don't think we can blame the universities.
Why is there such a shortage in South Africa, and how much longer
before the industry collapses here due to inability to find staff?
Kind regards from
Heinz
--
Dr. Heinz M. Kabutz (Maximum Solutions)
Sun Java Champion
Author of "The Java(tm) Specialists' Newsletter"
http://www.javaspecialists.co.za
Tel: +27 (83) 340-5633
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