Comments by "Ton Bong" (@tongobong1) on "Who's Solving The DEVELOPER SHORTAGE Crisis?" video.

Today IT labour shortage is just a myth. In reality there is a large surplus and this is why there is a long hiring process. There was a shortage more than a year ago.
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@luke5100 developer shortage is just a myth from the past.
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Exactly. Currently there is a huge surplus of developers looking for a job. In good times there usually is a shortage. Good times ended a year ago.
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The demand is way down and the supply of developers looking for a job is way up.
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@ContinuousDelivery I am a senior developer and after applying for more than 100 contracting jobs in Germany and Austria I got ZERO interviews mostly because my German is basic. I usually work as a contractor in those countries and language wasn't an issue until the bad times came for IT industry. Today it is very hard to get a job even for experienced developers.
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@GdeVseSvobodnyeNiki same with me 15 years ago in Slovenia. Austrian client was paying my company 9k per moth for me and I got just 1.6k gross salary per month. I wanted just 50 € more to stay and my boss refused so I gladly left the company hearing how angry was the customer on my boss for letting me go off the project. Many eastern European companies are extremely greedy. This is why I prefer to work as contractor in Germany and Austria.
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@brookestephen Today it is hard to get an IT job there even if your German is great. In good times it was easy even if you didn't know a single word in German. Wait for good times and go there. I propose Vienna because it is such an interesting city. I stayed for more than a year there and I would love to get another job there.
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@mamneo2 great! Can you please tell me where is such shortage of IT workers? I will try to find a job there maybe even your company can hire me.
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@MrAntice the truth is quite different. It is a dirty business where most companies that offer programming are trying to earn as much as possible by selling cheap inexperienced developers as expensive highly experienced.
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@milandalosur1850 good point but it depends on location. In my country Slovenia the pay is not much better than the pay of a waiter. In Germany and Austria they still pay better but since now it is hard to get a job there wages are slowly going down. My hourly rate is 30% lower than it was before the IT "recession" and I still cannot get a job.
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The shortage of jobs and higher supply of developers looking for a job is caused by many factors. #1 higher interest rates, #2 lower growth of economy, #3 energy crisis because of war between Russia and Ukraine, #4 many developers from Russia and Ukraine are looking for a job in USA and EU
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@GdeVseSvobodnyeNiki it depends on where you are looking for a job and also when. Today it is hard everywhere but in Germany and Austria they prefer experienced developers over inexperienced. In the eastern Europe they prefer inexperienced students over experienced because they don't care much about the quality and they just want to earn more by paying inexperienced less. It is a dirty market in eastern Europe so you should go to west or to USA where they care and pay for quality.
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@potaetoupotautoe7939 I am a senior developer and after applying for 100 jobs I got zero job interviews and I know some other senior developers with 20+ years of experience that have the same problem. Today it is extremely hard to get a job in IT for senior developers.
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@andersbodin1551 yes the shortage of jobs is still present.
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Yes they sadly skip the most important lectures for future developers.
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@PawelRokicki-z2x I am a java developer and I am looking for a job in Germany and Austria and I have a friend who is also having a hard time finding a job there as java developer and he is even more experienced than me.
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@vitalyl1327 yes and in many cases low quality candidates have better chances of getting the job than high quality because they are very cheap. I believe that over time market will improve for candidates.
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@vitalyl1327 I am the competent developer with 20 years of experience in java, C#, C++. I worked on some of the biggest projects in the world. I know and have experience with design patterns, SOLID principles, refactoring, creating good unit tests, TDD, domain driven design... I can deliver solutions fast with clean code, great design and protected by unit tests. So please tell me where can I get a job?
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@josephp.3341 this doesn't make sense. It is easy to get a job when there is a labor shortage. Getting a job is very hard because there is a large labor surplus competing for available jobs.
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@JBoy340a when they really need people they are glad to get someone no matter his age, gender, race, hair style, size...
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