does anyone else feel that "developers are on high demand" and "if you're a good developer you should have no problem getting a job" is kind of a lie that the industry sells to you?. I mean I didn't expect to polish my linkedin profile and get 20 offers but damn. Yeah I see a lot of job offers on multiple platforms. Yeah I apply for them. Yeah I never hear back from most of them. (I have a bit more than 1 year of experience) I don't wanna work for FAANG, I'd just like an entry/middle job on an industry I like

Yeah.
I have a rather nice resume and plenty of experience, and yet I only sometimes get responses. Maybe 8-12%.

Im in the same boat, but maybe it’s the pandemic. I don’t have professional experience in modern frameworks, even though they’re EASY AS SHIT to learn. Im having lots of issues getting a new job in spite of my abilities. If you need years of experience to get good at React, you’re slow as a frozen turd. I was able to kick ass in just a couple weeks or so and even have a nice github project using hooks but nope, need those years. Then Mr Dumbass with his years of experience gets the position, and a sweet salary but little do they know his years of experience amounts to simple mindless crap anyone who can be trusted to use a fucking toaster can do..and he was fired bc he was shitty at that too.

I've come to accept my own incompetence, but the whole "there aren't enough engineers" thing has always seemed like bullshit to be. And the more I work the more it seems to be the case. What they mean is "there aren't enough engineers with the exact type of experience or knowledge I'm looking for". They'll nitpick the dumbest shit, the previous company I worked for went through like 50 people before hiring me. Surely everyone else is retarded and I just happen to be a genius. Yeah right.

Depends hugely on the area. In London they seem to be fighting tooth and nail at the moment to get their hands on any devs they possibly can. Then again, I think everyone is in a bit of a post pandemic hiring frenzy at the mo.

Part of it is that they are, relatively speaking to "basic jobs", if you don't consider everyone who botches together baby's first website a developer.
Part of it is the industry wanting to have more (cheaper) options.

Kind of, in reality theres lotsa devs, prolly moreso than jobs and we are standby. Being good has little to do with it more of being affordable, imho theres very much incompetence bc tech isnt something like building a car and is hard to quantify for non devs. Doesnt help that there is 0 standards yeah it looks good on paper but ya know reality.

Probably depends on where you live. When I got out of school 1.5 years ago, I applied for 4 positions and got 4 good offers. So yeah... 🤷‍♂️

I mean, compare it to other industries and I'd say we're doing decent.