[Info-vax] Opportunity for VSI?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/14/2018 10:48 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/14/2018 10:07 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Jobs on dice.com today:
>>
>> Java        29992
>> JavaScript  23650
>> C++         17626
>> Python       9476
>> C#           6279
>> C            4881
>> Go           3890
>> Perl         2439
>> Ruby         2051
>> PHP          1635
>> Scala        1420
>> TypeScript    754
>> VB.NET        651
>> Groovy        490
>> Cobol         373
>> Ada           272
>> Kotlin        215
>> Fortran       122
>> Clojure        65
>> Rust           54
>> Delphi         36
>> Haskell        32
>> OCAML           8
>> Pascal          4
>> PL/I            3
>>
>> You will get a bit different results with a different job search
>> engine a different day.
>>
>> But they will all show the same neither Cobol nor Fortran skills
>> are not in demand.
> 
> Can you say those are the only people hiring?

> Can you say that there are no other methods of finding people?

No.

But this is the picture that with some variations have been seen
across different job portals, across different countries,
over time (for like 15 years).

Reality.

It is of course possible to come up with various hypothesizes like:
* Java, C# and PHP jobs are published on on this type of web sites
   but Cobol and Fortran jobs are not
* Companies ask for Java, C# and PHP even though they want Cobol
   and Fortran
* etc.

But that is tin foil hat stuff.

 > Can you say that only job openings define what's being done?

Is is not.

It is what it is being hired for - either because of expansion
or as replacement.

But that is what is relevant for graduates looking for a job. They
don't care what the majority is working on - they care about what
the majority of open jobs are.

But besides, given that this has been the picture for so many
years (15+) then it is getting closer to what is being done.

People change jobs, the IT industry has grown and a significant
portion of developers with >10 years of experience move on to
other roles including management.

The vast majority of people actually writing code has been
hired within the last 15 years.

Arne