false....
ive got 18 months experience on a java project
and still find it difficult to get a job
I strongly believe that companies should kick the habit
of recruitment agencies as these folks dont have clue of IT.
you can even see that they dont even understand the IT jargon.
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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