How to compete against coder oversupply

Bootcamps and CS degrees used to be the golden ticket to a tech career. 10 years ago.

Remember what you were doing 10 years ago? That’s a long time ago.

These days? 

They're churning out generic coders into an oversaturated market.

I’ve seen this happening with every “lucrative” profession from law to MBAs - I saw this happening right before the Great Financial Crisis of 2007 and I saw it happening after 2016 as well.

Huge demand causes Universities and Bootcamps to sell more degrees. 

This causes an oversupply of graduates.

The supply continues to rise because the demand is still growing … except the supply of low quality skill does not meet the demand.

This is why so many coding jobs get listed but not many people get hired

And then add to this the blistering pace of change.

What the market values when someone starts a degree is very different from what they pay for 3-5 years later.

But there is one thing that does not change in maturing markets.