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if software development and software engineering is so in demand why is it so hard to land a job hey friends welcome back to my channel today im going to be answering that question its someone who is a software developer and has been both interviewer and interviewee im really going to go into why is it so difficult to get a job if youve gone to school for computer science or self-taught yourself or even went to a coding boot camp different scenarios face different issues but i really want to talk about today about why it is so difficult or it seems so difficult to land a job as a software developer or software engineer you see over and over again from news articles to different blog posts how in demand software development and software engineering is in the same breath you also seem to hear from different people in the industry how difficult it was to land especially their first job and its really hard to understand how can both statements be so true its difficult to land a job but yet theres so much demand for these roles where is whats going on here today i want to really break it down for you as to what im thinking anyways is the reason behind this before we get into it though i want to share with you a statistic to share with you really how rapidly and further in demand these roles are becoming over the next 10 years bls estimates the u.s labor market will add 316 thousand software developer jobs which is a phenomenal 22 percent growth rate or an average of about 31 000 new jobs each year this statistic is mind-blowing there are very very few and far between jobs that are growing at that rate of 22 for demand its crazy so then comes the question well why is it so hard to get a job as a software developer or software engineer one of the main reasons i think it can be difficult for a software developer or engineer to land a first job is because software itself is so broad and companies are looking typically for a very specific skill set to fill a need so if you are someone whos applying to front-end developer roles but you find most companies currently are looking for back-end developers theres your issue number one a lot of times companies wont completely do a 180 and hire someone who doesnt have any experience in what theyre looking for but has experience in other areas now this isnt always the case but typically they will hold out and wait to find someone who is more along the lines of what they are looking for and while some companies will be willing to invest in the individual train them on their technologies and really see the benefit of hiring someone that maybe is more junior or doesnt have any experience with the technologies they are being used the benefit meaning that they will be able to be trained in a way that they dont come in with any bad habits theyre able to learn how to structure the code use the technology in the way that works best for the company another reason i really think it can be hard to land a software developer or a software engineering role is because technical interviews are kind of a game in their own way and what i mean by that is technical interviews are structured in a way that the company is hoping to find the best candidate possible however there are so many flaws in technical interviews and when people are doing technical interviews even the best of the best can stumble and get nervous and if you are even a really amazing programmer you can fail at technical interviews the technical interview process has gotten a lot better and companies are starting to realize this but it definitely has a long way to go regardless if you like technical interviews or dont i think one thing we can all agree on to a certain degree is the tests or the problems you are solving during a technical interview are not what you will be doing in real world scenarios its more more so to show your way of thinking do you have logical skills communication skills but some companies take this so literally and rather than looking for the important things like that theyre looking for can you solve this problem and if you can youre great if you cant i dont know and those companies unfortunately even though they are few and far between they do exist another issue i see especially with technical interviews is a lot of times when you are doing a coding more so coding interview specifically youll be able to code in whatever language youre comfortable with which is great thats a bonus but if the interviewer themselves are not familiar with that language they are a technical person but not familiar with the language it can kind of put a barrier between you and the interviewer and maybe they will naturally gravitate towards someone who is coding in a language that they are familiar with another reason i think it can be so hard to land your job or your first job anyways as a software developer or software engineer is the interview process is grueling there are typically at least three different interview steps or different interviews to land a job and throughout these different interviews you are talking to so many people that your resume can get kind of lost between the cracks or even if you are the best candidate sometimes this can go missed a lot of times too if you are applying to a company and there are other applicants who maybe have some ties within the company that can sometimes cause some gray areas as well and if the other candidates are referred i mean a lot of times companies will go with referrals because they know that if its referred by a great employee theyre hoping that this referral will be great as well so i think the real question here is not so much as to why is it so hard to get your first job or a job as a software developer or engineer but the real question is how do we better how do we fix the interview process the technical interview process that seems to be causing so many people to fall through the cracks and that is a question that is so big and so vast i dont even know where to begin with that and there are so many layers to it but i think one thing that we can do as software developers or software engineers especially when you are looking for a job and finding it difficult is honestly stick with it and take the feedback thats coming your way but if youre not really getting any feedback maybe even ask the interviewer why did you go with someone else or what you know why did you we not connect or why didnt you choose me dont actually say why didnt you choose me but more so or less have an understanding as to why they went with someone else and a lot of times having that understanding and communicating with the interviewer for feedback it will tell you if its actually something that you need to improve on or if it is just the process and for various reasons they went with someone else i remember when i was looking for my first job as a software developer i think i applied to oh i was doing like 10 companies a day or something crazy like that it took a long time especially if you dont have any prior experience to find a company who is willing to take a chance on you especially as a junior its not impossible im speaking firsthand it will happen but you have to be persistent and also recognize that the process for interviewing and applying to so many companies is completely normal youre going to have to apply to a lot of companies typically maybe youll get lucky before you land that first job oftentimes once you land your first job though there is like a switch that goes off and all of a sudden recruiters will be hitting you up asking you to come work for that their company and so much more so do not lose faith you really just have to go through this process of having the difficulty of landing a software developer or software engineering job usually just at the beginning of your career that being said it does happen throughout your career for many people for various reasons but right now the market is needing so many more developers and engineers not just any really good quality ones and thats key to note as well companies arent just looking to hire developers to code they want good developers they want developers that can code in the best way possible communicate be team players and so much more i hope this gives you some further insight as to why it is so hard to land a job as a software developer a software engineer if there is so many roles in demand or these roles are so in demand the reality is its just a process and you have to be part of that process and youre going to fall through the cracks sometimes and other times youre going to get picked up by these amazing companies thank you all for watching my video i hope this was valuable for anyone who is going through the interview process or had this question before as to why is it so difficult leave in the comments other questions you have or other video topics you want me to cover and i will see you all soon make sure though to hit that subscribe 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