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I'm a software engineer that's lived through the dotcom crash and the great recession. I can tell you the dotcom crash was much more devastating for the tech co
by joeax 11y ago
I'm a software engineer that's lived through the dotcom crash and the great recession. I can tell you the dotcom crash was much more devastating for the tech community since we were at the center of it. There will always be a demand for software engineers, just keep in mind though that this demand is cyclical and during down years you have less leverage in salary negotiations and perks on the job tend to be taken away. If you are a good developer though you'll have little to worry about.
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoAlso, hopefully as wel paid devs, people have a good savings buffer and no debt.
- bgia 11y agoexcept if they bought a $1M house in SV
- hkmurakami 11y agoor worse yet, a $1M condo in SOMA.
- TwoBit 11y agoI worked for Electronic Arts during the dot com crash, and EA's value was even or increasing through that peroid. Why? Because they made an actual product, with their own money.