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The idea is if they fired 2,000 devs (for example), suddenly you have to compete with 2,000 people (who are all likely good devs) all immediately looking for a
by azemetre 4y ago
The idea is if they fired 2,000 devs (for example), suddenly you have to compete with 2,000 people (who are all likely good devs) all immediately looking for a job.
This may not have been a problem in 2018, but it's definitely a problem in today's current environment with large amounts of bay area companies slowing their hiring.
If you look for a job before all this, you're in a much better position at least.
I wasn't around during the dot com era, but there were stories of devs ending up taking any job (programming or not) to make ends meet.
- cush 4y agoThere are currently over a million open software engineering roles in the United States alone
- whydoineedone 4y ago
- whimsicalism 4y agoThe market has slowed but I still think engineers from firms like Meta are not really facing a tough job market. It's just much harder now to get your foot in, to join startups, or to get hired from a less prestigious company.
- nomel 4y ago> Meta are not really facing a tough job market. The word "facing" is present tense, which is not the appropriate context for this scenario. Everyone will have trouble if Meta fires a bunch of engineers. People from Meta may have a little less trouble, and some companies will even open up new reqs to absorb some for cheaper. But there are a limited number of open positions out there. No real imagination or speculation is required here, since this has all happened many times before.