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Im early 40s but didn’t join the workforce till after the Dotcom bubble, graduating in 2004. Apart from 2008, it has been pretty plain sailing economically sin
by benjaminwootton 4y ago
Im early 40s but didn’t join the workforce till after the Dotcom bubble, graduating in 2004. Apart from 2008, it has been pretty plain sailing economically
since starting in the industry. This feels like the worst downturn so far.
- 0xbadc0de5 4y agoI'm in my early 40's and have been working in tech since my first co-op at age 16 for a telecom equipment manufacturer. Probably makes me a bit of an outlier, but I do know several people who were working in tech right out of high school and through university during the dot-com bubble as my city is a regional tech hub. Market cycles seem to average around 7-10 years. Some are worse than others - and really, this one was overdue. The dot-com bubble was worse for tech but this one is probably worse for the broader market. And to be fair, tech now makes up a much larger portion of the overall market.
- ben7799 4y agoThis is nothing compared to 2001-2002. We’re just hearing about layoffs right now back then companies went out of business left and right which meant the layoffs were 100%.