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Comment on Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89 by John Tackkett

John Tackkett — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:23:37 +0000

When I was in college they had just switched off of using PL/1 to Pascal as their teaching language. When I got my first job programming we used UCSD Pascal as our development language. It was outstanding. That that was in the days of Babbage’s and Software etc and our products were sold nationally in those stores. I went back to school and continued my education. I used Turbo Pascal in all my classes for my projects. We had a project in a software engineering class and my team was the only team to get their project done because we had used Turbo Pascal. Fond memories of coding in an excellent language. My respects to him and condolences on his passing.

Comment on Developer shortage remains the top challenge two years in a row by Michael J

Michael J — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 17:31:13 +0000

If you want to hire top-quality developers, then please pay top dollar for that developer. You can’t afford it? Then quit claiming there is a shortage. Is there a shortage of Bentley or a Ferrari cars? No, because most people can’t afford it. The average Google developer salary is at $13,000 PER MONTH. Can your company pay anything close to that? No? Then please answer me why you deserve the top quality engineer or skilled developer? With what money are you going to buy their services?

What you need to do is to start hire Junior developers right out of school and train them at your company and keep increasing their salary so they don’t leave for a better one they want to work for. You know, something called INVEST in your business. But you’re never gonna do that. That’s too expensive and uncertain for you, because all of you “employers” are just a bunch of scam artists that will never tell the truth about how you manage your economics of your company and what you actually can and cannot afford. Thousands of people have wasted years on IT education and can’t find a job right now because you’re saying they don’t have the experience(where are they supposed to get it?), but tricking them into taking an education with your “shortage of developers” myth, that’s something you will never admit any wrong doing in. Companies lying like this should be a criminal charge. Quit ruin peoples lives.

Comment on Developer shortage remains the top challenge two years in a row by Joel Arpin

Joel Arpin — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:04:35 +0000

The shortage isn’t for lack of skilled labor, it’s for lack of wages.
The supply and demand is exact. There’s exactly the right amount of labor being supplied that capital demands.
Artificially supplying more labor will cause a drop in wages.
You want more Software engineers to enter the work force, increase salaries.

Comment on The most in-demand programming languages for 2023 by Vic

Vic — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:06:37 +0000

at least there’s one I like in your list [sequel] needless to say but I think PHP is still in demand

Comment on Web3: Ethereum leads in developers, falling behind in activity by Tony B.

Tony B. — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 13:55:05 +0000

Web3 is essentially vaporware and prototypes of solutions to problems that simply don’t exist. Five years from now, it will be in the same category as 3D-TV – cool technology, but irrelevant.

Comment on Developers appear to be losing interest in macOS by JohnIL

JohnIL — Fri, 27 May 2022 18:18:31 +0000

Apple never bothered to focus on the Mac OS App Store and it was always separate from IOS apps. People using Mac’s never really gravitated towards the App Store anymore then Windows users did for that App Store. In much of the world Android is by far the most popular platform. I would assume developers would focus on platforms with the most benefit to them?

Comment on Google increases developer verification requirements to combat fakes by Lia Carter

Lia Carter — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:15:43 +0000

Useful article. Thanks for sharing

Comment on Why software developers are the unsung heroes by Ryan Daws

Ryan Daws — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 10:19:01 +0000

In reply to Gustavo Porras.

Hi Gustavo,

We’re a UK-based publication so the “s” is correct in British English. Fully understand it can look incorrect as many articles are written in American English which use “z” in words like those you’ve mentioned.

Thanks for reading and your kind words about the quality of the article.

Comment on Why software developers are the unsung heroes by Gustavo Porras

Gustavo Porras — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:08:26 +0000

Spellcheck…. Recognize…. Organizations… they use “z” not “s”

Beyond that… great article…. Thank you

Comment on Linus Torvalds: GitHub creates ‘absolutely useless garbage’ merges by Ryan Daws

Ryan Daws — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:26:06 +0000

In reply to Asd. Great point. Article updated.