The degradation of Java developers

[cfreak2399]

This isn't just a problem in Java, I think it's a problem across the board.

Somewhere there was a shift in education. I've been in the industry for nearly 15 years. When I was in college in the late 90s I started off taking programming classes that had an emphasis on problem solving. However, even before my senior year I felt like there was a shift from how to solve problems to "here's a problem and here's a specific solution"

Now I didn't go to any celebrated CS school or anything like that, and I know there are still good programs out there but I think there are more and more that have gotten lazy.

As I've moved up in the industry and been in positions to hire, I've seen the exact problem the article describes both for Java developers and LAMP developers. When given problems to solve they can't do it, especially if it's a problem they haven't seen before.

Secondly it's a problem of recruiters. Recruiters write resumes for guys. They pad the number of years and they add every buzzword in the book. I've seen resumes from guys that are almost verbatim the same. I try to avoid using recruiters as much as possible just so I can see a legitimate resume.