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0 pointsuntog13y ago0 comments

There will always be (perhaps seemingly a majority of) people where being a developer is just a "job" and learning new things isn't necessary.

Absolutely. And I don't begrudge those people- I initially learnt .NET myself and then broadened my horizons, but many of my previous co-workers have families, time consuming hobbies or other such interests. There's not inherently wrong with having "just a job", if you're content with other things in your life. It seems like a specifically (oddly) US-centric view that there should be anything wrong with that.

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127001brewer13y ago

There's not inherently wrong with having "just a job" ...

I agree.

In the context of this conversation, finding good people is hard. There was an article in The Atlantic that discusses this basic idea and more:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/the-big-...

Here's a quote from the article that makes a good point:

... When firms were asked why they have difficulty hiring, 55% picked "lack of available applicants," but essentially the same percentage, 54%, said candidates are "looking for more pay than is offered" (many more than the 40% selecting lack of "hard" skill). This is an important reminder that the labor market is a market.

The labor market is a market.

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