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==The average tenure of a software engineer at a big tech company is less than that; is it fair to say they don't have jobs?== I don’t follow, after a software
by take_a_breath 6y ago
==The average tenure of a software engineer at a big tech company is less than that; is it fair to say they don't have jobs?==
I don’t follow, after a software engineer leaves the big tech firm, the job still exists. They hire someone else to do it. In this instance the job doesn’t exist after 2 years. It’s also probably not 2 full years for those jobs as they are typically brought in with teams to perform their function (dig, foundation, build, framing, electrical/water/gas, finishing) then move on.
- rjsw 6y agoSoftware projects finish just like civil engineering ones do.
- take_a_breath 6y agoHiring a software engineer as a full-time employee for a temporary software project, then firing them, is a poor use of company resources. If you are talking about a contract software engineer, then you are correct that the worker rolls off. We typically don't see those considered "full-time jobs created" because they have a well-defined term and are never employees of the company.