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I'd be interested in the correlation to two metrics: age and size of employer. When I was young I worked at startups: super stressful, high risk of company coll

I'd be interested in the correlation to two metrics: age and size of employer. When I was young I worked at startups: super stressful, high risk of company collapse, constant overload, funding stress, etc. I'm in my 50s now and have worked at hp for 20 years. I feel nearly zero stress and don't know whether it's because I've just been through the cycle enough times to know the world won't end because of me and also the company is just super nice to me. And I still do almost 100% technical work as an IC.

BlargMcLarg 5y ago
It's even worse now. Many juniors can barely get in the industry, let alone for a living remotely close to that a few decades ago (in many places even just a decade-half a decade ago). Tech requirements have grown to ridiculous proportions with many companies unwilling to teach, or trying to profit off the unwillingness of others to teach, at the cost of the potential hire. Meanwhile, corporations haven't really gotten less stressful over time. The improvements in tooling haven't necessary resulted in easier jobs as much as more requirements piled on top. This doesn't mean IT is worse than most other fields, but it sure hasn't gotten any better given the problems most younger generations run into today.