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General Discussion

Anthony c
Anthony c
20,907 Points
Posted by Anthony c
Anthony c
20,907 Points

Idea: More Information on Most In-Demand Languages + Frameworks/Skills

I know in the tracks section that treehouse has the indicator about average salaries for each language. It would be awesome if they could maybe expand on that... maybe even release reports/blogs with some more in-depth forecasting of demand for not just languages, but specific frameworks/skills?

Each language is so fragmented with different tools and frameworks, even just the general direction of "learn java" can be a little too vague... and with it taking 2,3,4 or more weeks to get up-to-speed with any given framework in a way that makes you DEFINITELY employable, it's tough to decide where to spend your time.

A dashboard would be cool, but maybe even just some reports or blog posts. Treehouse could use them in the press releases, or as content marketing.... maybe just a compilation of discussion threads, google searches, github metrics.... whatever good indicators there are....

then marry this with the supply and demand if possible... as the demand for any language only gives half the story (see WordPress demand vs WordPress dev earnings)

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

it seems like scraping job listing might give related clusters of technologies, more indicative of real world utility. This might be more useful once treehouse has a fuller set of courses. But a lot of what treehouse is doing is aimed at an introductory or intermediate level. And tracks do bind together related introductory skills.

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jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

The best way to do it is use google trends or use a job boards to search for jobs you want to apply for and see what employers want.

Happy coding. ;)

Anthony c
Anthony c
20,907 Points
Anthony c
Anthony c
20,907 Points

I agree jason that's a good way to go.

I was more suggesting that treehouse could compile some stats beyond what an individual person could do... preferably more than just looking at google trends (as that's not necessarily a great indicator) and maybe compiling some stats of their own...

Not only may this inform them on what content to create next, but it could be used in marketing. Maybe similar to how ADP (a payroll company) releases their jobs report numbers every month... and it would obviously save individuals like you and I from doing a lot of guess work and making decisions based on a google trends chart and 30 minutes of searching a jobs board. It would help build them up as an authority on the code/job industry.