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For software engineering 2001 especially post 9/11 was brutal. Much more so than 2008 unless you worked for a financial company. 2008/2009 was lean times but g
by abraxas 4y ago
For software engineering 2001 especially post 9/11 was brutal. Much more so than 2008 unless you worked for a financial company.
2008/2009 was lean times but good people were able to find work. After the dotcom bust however, things were so bad I had a friend who is a very good developer who spent a couple of years gluing shoes for a living. In Canada.
- everfrustrated 4y agoWhile this is true, 22 years on the tech industry is a very different size. It could play out differently.
- myth_drannon 4y agoI spent some time working as a secuirty guard (while a student) after dotcome bust. Half of my coworkers were laid off software developers.
- cvhashim 4y agoTech is such an important facet of our lives these days the amount of work to do outweighs whatever was around in the early 2000s.