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There's a lot at play here. Tech startups aren't hiring as fast as they used to, VC money is starting to dry up, large tech corporations seem to be having bigge

There's a lot at play here. Tech startups aren't hiring as fast as they used to, VC money is starting to dry up, large tech corporations seem to be having bigger and bigger layoffs, advanced fields like AR and VR are pretty stagnant, if you frequent HN you'll likely be told the tech you're using is dated and wrong on a daily basis. How could anyone not feel like an imposter?

dominotw 10y ago
> large tech corporations seem to be having bigger and bigger layoffs Yahoo and Intel were having troubles for a long long time. But other than those were there any other big layoffs recently?
- CydeWeys 10y ago
  Microsoft laid off 7,800 employees within the past year: http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-layoffs/ http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-layoffs/ Qualcomm laid off over one thousand employees within the past year: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/17/Qualcomm-layoffs-workers-samsung-cost-cutting/ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/17/Qualcom... Here's a large list: http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for-7-1-2015-to-05-10-2016.pdf http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for... And here's an article with more: http://www.businessinsider.com/its-been-a-bad-month-for-tech-layoffs-2016-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/its-been-a-bad-month-for-tech...
- ryanSrich 10y ago
  At least here in Portland the most recent significant one was Jive.
  - CydeWeys 10y ago
    Back when I was still living in DC, the big one was Living Social, which is still ongoing. It's sad, because DC doesn't have a huge startup scene, and its biggest one is in the discount daily deals sector and also hemorrhaging.
jonbaer 10y ago
"Tech startups aren't hiring as fast as they used to" - I think they are hiring smarter than they used to, but I don't think some of it is entirely "ethical", most of what is done today is really through competitive programming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming) or cheaper competitions (Kaggle), CTF, etc. Many of which were not really going on when alot of us decided to take up tech, it was a clearer path even if you were self-taught. Whatever form it comes in, it feels like AI will indeed weed alot of us out, which is a shame because it means no more "ideas" or R&D and more an "end result/goal and how fast can you get there" game (ie optimization).

dominotw 10y ago

> large tech corporations seem to be having bigger and bigger layoffs Yahoo and Intel were having troubles for a long long time. But other than those were there any other big layoffs recently?

CydeWeys 10y ago
Microsoft laid off 7,800 employees within the past year: http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-layoffs/ http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-layoffs/ Qualcomm laid off over one thousand employees within the past year: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/17/Qualcomm-layoffs-workers-samsung-cost-cutting/ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/17/Qualcom... Here's a large list: http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for-7-1-2015-to-05-10-2016.pdf http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN-Report-for... And here's an article with more: http://www.businessinsider.com/its-been-a-bad-month-for-tech-layoffs-2016-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/its-been-a-bad-month-for-tech...
ryanSrich 10y ago
At least here in Portland the most recent significant one was Jive.
- CydeWeys 10y ago
  Back when I was still living in DC, the big one was Living Social, which is still ongoing. It's sad, because DC doesn't have a huge startup scene, and its biggest one is in the discount daily deals sector and also hemorrhaging.

jonbaer 10y ago

"Tech startups aren't hiring as fast as they used to" - I think they are hiring smarter than they used to, but I don't think some of it is entirely "ethical", most of what is done today is really through competitive programming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_programming) or cheaper competitions (Kaggle), CTF, etc. Many of which were not really going on when alot of us decided to take up tech, it was a clearer path even if you were self-taught. Whatever form it comes in, it feels like AI will indeed weed alot of us out, which is a shame because it means no more "ideas" or R&D and more an "end result/goal and how fast can you get there" game (ie optimization).