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#2 already happened in 2020 with Uber & Lyft significantly cutting their engineering workforce (but not fully like a bankruptcy might entail). I remember feeli
by mslate 5y ago
#2 already happened in 2020 with Uber & Lyft significantly cutting their engineering workforce (but not fully like a bankruptcy might entail).
I remember feeling concern about the local SF job market at the time, it was totally unfounded.
The demand for software engineers that can ship product is very deep.
FAANG engineers might not like the non-FAANG offers they might get at smaller firms, but they are solid jobs & you can easily retire on the timeframe set by the previous generation's yardstick (62-70 y/o).
- schnitzelstoat 5y agoIsn't 70 y/o pretty old to retire by previous standards? The concern I have is if anywhere is actually going to hire a 65 y/o programmer that can't afford to retire. Obviously, age discrimination is illegal but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
- mslate 5y agoI referenced 70 because I checked & that's the age at which you withdraw max social security benefits. Looks like actual average in the US is ~64 y/o: https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IB_18-10.pdf https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IB_18-10.pdf I would worry more about age-ism, but I earnestly see very few "senior" candidates period (i.e. >35 y/o+) at all. It may speak to where I've worked, but I think it also speaks to how young the field still is. Once engineers hit their 30s I think the job-hopping rapidly slows down.