Comments by "Ton Bong" (@tongobong1) on "Learning to Code In THIS Economy? WATCH THIS" video.

@hiphopcompilations no. It is because there are so many experienced developers searching for a job right now. My friend is even more experienced than me and he speaks German almost like native Germans yet after sending around 300 applications he didn't get a job offer. He got around 10 job interviews.
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I have 20+ years of experience in some of the biggest companies as a software developer and I got just 1 short job interview after sending more than 100 applications. I got about 10 phone calls from recruiters that were quite excited about my low hourly rate that is lower than half the average in Germany where I am trying to get the job yet I couldn't get the interviews. It is crazy hard to get a job here in central Europe.
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@RainerAppel Yes today media is full of lies... I was frustrated by reading so many stories about the lack of programmers while I have a really hard time getting a job and I have 20+ programming experience and I am prepared to work for well below the average salary in the IT industry. The truth is there was never a shortage of programmers even in better times for us. Today there is a huge oversupply. So the question is why is media spreading the lie about the lack of programmers? I finally found the answer: the lie is good for business. Customers believe that it is hard to get programmers especially good programmers so they pay more to software companies - much more. This is why software companies are financing media to spread the lie. Unfortunately programmers don't get much out of inflated prices. Profits are kept by software companies. Quite often programmers get only 20% or even less from what is customer paying for them to the software company - the employer of programmers.
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