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All the news I read is lay-offs, recessions and downturns. All the emails I get are from recruiters begging for me to apply to their clients' many openings. A

All the news I read is lay-offs, recessions and downturns. All the emails I get are from recruiters begging for me to apply to their clients' many openings. And I am not Skilled really. I am not one for conspiracy theories (except for some really niche little ones :) ) but it does make me wonder how much the media follows facts and how much it follows the mood. People seem in the mood for a recession more than actually in one...

yrgulation 4y ago
The media is corrupt and filled with incompetent writers. According to them we will be replaced by ai monday morning. They did the same wave of stories where they said baristas and chefs will be replaced by ai robots just a few years ago. They even had “proof”: a robot arm here and there doing a crappy job at making a burger and scrambled eggs. Now it’s tech “workers”. Also there are no jobs in tech. These folks writing “news” really are clueless and have no idea what they are writing - dont usually bother talking to people and researching their content, they just spew it out.
screwturner68 4y ago
I've heard nothing but the warning of a massive recession since about 2015, half the pundits are telling me the world is going to end in the next six months and the other half say the pump is primed and the good times will be back in the next 6 months. I guess we'll find out who's right in the next 6 months...or not.
disambiguation 4y ago
the #1 influence on the american economy is the Fed, and if they raise interest rates - which is likely - then it will cause a recession. (see Volcker) of course there are no guarantees, we can't predict the timing or severity of the markets' reaction, but its not a complete fiction of the media and mood.
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culi 4y ago
I don't think you're that far off. When Elon's antics went public, there was a good article about how most other tech CEOs/managers wanted to replicate it. One CEO felt a bit emboldened to crack down, but acknowledged that if he did what Elon did he'd likely lose everything. However, he said that it didn't really matter because Elon's actions have had an effect already by scaring workers and making them less likely to ask for more I don't think it's crazy to imagine that tech CEOs, investors, management, etc stand to benefit from tech workers being more scared to negotiate for more

yrgulation 4y ago

The media is corrupt and filled with incompetent writers. According to them we will be replaced by ai monday morning. They did the same wave of stories where they said baristas and chefs will be replaced by ai robots just a few years ago. They even had “proof”: a robot arm here and there doing a crappy job at making a burger and scrambled eggs. Now it’s tech “workers”. Also there are no jobs in tech. These folks writing “news” really are clueless and have no idea what they are writing - dont usually bother talking to people and researching their content, they just spew it out.

screwturner68 4y ago

I've heard nothing but the warning of a massive recession since about 2015, half the pundits are telling me the world is going to end in the next six months and the other half say the pump is primed and the good times will be back in the next 6 months. I guess we'll find out who's right in the next 6 months...or not.

disambiguation 4y ago

the #1 influence on the american economy is the Fed, and if they raise interest rates - which is likely - then it will cause a recession. (see Volcker) of course there are no guarantees, we can't predict the timing or severity of the markets' reaction, but its not a complete fiction of the media and mood.

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culi 4y ago

I don't think you're that far off. When Elon's antics went public, there was a good article about how most other tech CEOs/managers wanted to replicate it. One CEO felt a bit emboldened to crack down, but acknowledged that if he did what Elon did he'd likely lose everything. However, he said that it didn't really matter because Elon's actions have had an effect already by scaring workers and making them less likely to ask for more I don't think it's crazy to imagine that tech CEOs, investors, management, etc stand to benefit from tech workers being more scared to negotiate for more