Originally Posted by
985X
But I mean.. what's the incentive for paying them more if their average IT job posting has hundreds of applicants applying for the position.. (based on what I've heard, so take it with a grain of salt
Originally Posted by
missamo80
You attract better talent.
We have an oversupply of kids who have attended a bootcamp or even graduated with a compsci degree without understanding fundamentals of programming. So hundreds of applicants per posting has been common since covid but isn't really meaningful.