US Job Outlook for Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers
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#2“Software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers typically need a bachelor’s degree in computer and information technology or a related field. Some employers prefer to hire developers who have a master’s degree.“
Interesting that the government continues to peddle credentialism for software developers. I personally think a CS degree is still a strong positive signal but it’s hardly a requirement anymore
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#425% growth in the next ten years? Isn't that a slowdown in growth? I seem to remember the Uncle Bob video where # of devs is doubling every 5 years or so.
OTOH I feel we're at peak now, the investment money is drying up and management will force efficiencies going forward.
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#5What did this look like in 2011?
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#625% growth in the next ten years? Isn't that a slowdown in growth? I seem to remember the Uncle Bob video where # of devs is doubling every 5 years or so. OTOH I feel we're at peak now, the investment money is drying up and management will force efficiencies going forward.
It feels like we're in a momentary slow down but there's still so much potential for software to be applied to problems to increase efficiency. Taking a step back from the current economic cycle makes me feel like there's so much more room left to grow
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#7What did this look like in 2011?
Archive from 2012: https://web.archive.org/web/20120331215227/https://www.bls.g...
Re: US Job Outlook for Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers
#8What did this look like in 2011?
https://web.archive.org/web/20121002002433/http://www.bls.go...
The BLS predicted 30% growth, but it looks like growth in number of positions from 2010-2022 was 77%.
The old figure only included software developers. The new figure includes QA and testers.
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#9“Software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers typically need a bachelor’s degree in computer and information technology or a related field. Some employers prefer to hire developers who have a master’s degree.“ Interesting that the government continues to peddle credentialism for software developers. I personally think a CS degree is still a strong positive signal but it’s hardly a requirement anymore
I don't know if I'd go so far as to say it is peddling. I am guessing they get a large part of this data from scraping job postings. Sure, companies will be willing to look at people who don't have formal education, which is great. But most job posting probably still have the wording "required or preferred or strongly preferred." If they are scraping data from job postings, then their statement is completely reasonable.
I was job hunting earlier this year and every software development job pretty much had that wording.
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#10“Software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers typically need a bachelor’s degree in computer and information technology or a related field. Some employers prefer to hire developers who have a master’s degree.“ Interesting that the government continues to peddle credentialism for software developers. I personally think a CS degree is still a strong positive signal but it’s hardly a requirement anymore
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