From the Editors: Java’s future as an open platform
By SD Times Editorial Board
July 1, 2009 —
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The bad news is that this smorgasbord of developer skill may be short-lived. Once the economy recovers, not only will hiring of technology professionals increase across the board, but the feast may also turn to famine, as there may not be enough developers to fill all the requirements.
Why? Many reasons. One of the biggest is that in many countries (including the U.S.), fewer students are graduating with computer science, software engineering and other related degrees. The pipeline is filling again; enrollment is going up for the first time in a decade. For the next few years, however, we may see fewer qualified graduates.
We are also seeing a decline in the appeal of IT-related jobs, including those in software development. The global recession may be forcing some developers to find other careers, and many may not return.
In many cases, the shortfall may be local, not global. Outsourcing and offshoring have moved some development jobs to low-cost, high-skill regions like India, China and Western Europe, which reduces the appeal of entering the profession in other countries.
Still, we can’t help but notice the numbers released by Evans Data and the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Statistics, showing the declines in software companies and in global developer population. While it may seem that once the market comes back, there will be plenty of out-of-work programmers to choose from, there’s no guarantee that there will be enough top-quality developers to go around.
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