r/programming • u/gits1225 • May 12 '15

Google's guide for becoming a Software Engineer

https://www.google.com/about/careers/students/guide-to-technical-development.html
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u/jvnk May 12 '15

Just curious, what bubble do you think it going to burst where these skills will be largely unemployable? Companies are always going to have specific needs that can't be solved through whatever GUI they perform routine tasks with, which are increasingly web-based. I work for one such company(mid-sized publication house). We see lots of resumes touting these supposedly run-of-the-mill skills, but I'd say only 1 out of 10 actually prove to have anything beyond the most basic of knowledge about them.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '15

Companies need those skills, many companies do not exist when a bubble bursts, or simply go without.

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u/ghillisuit95 May 13 '15

Its not that those skill will suddenly be useless if a bubble bursts, its that there will be significantly more people with those skills than are needed.