Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage

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Well, there is that, then there is also things like asking for 4 years
experience in something that only existed for 3 years, or experience with
priopriatry technology that most people never heard of, etc. Basically,
companies here don't want to train people. They want to hire geniuses who
knows everything that can start on day 1 and crank out full products. They
don't realize that there aren't many of those people around, and the few
who exist wouldn't work for the pay they are offering. Also, companies in
Canada I find are quite shortsighted, they don't seem to realize that the
initial 3 months training cost you put down can earn itself back many times
over down the road from a loyal productive employee.

And oh yeah, all these talk about trouble finding qualified employees is
basically trying to get more people into IT, excuse to explain the lousy
job market for most people, and drive the cost down until they can all move
to India or China. It is good old fashion truth distoration in my opinion
to get try to ge the labour cost down, plain and simple.

"R. J. Dunnill" <div...@the-doa.com> wrote in
news:eXAMb.71960$X%5.70605@pd7tw2no:

> The "skills gap" is a long-running fraud that's used to justify the
> bringing in of experienced foreign labor, to allow companies to cut
> down on their training costs.
>