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When I started 10 years earlier just being able to get paid to program was amazing. My first job in 2001 was for minimum wage. I wonder how many developers e

• nebula8804 4y ago
  We are likely about to find out. In the end this could be a good thing, shake out a lot the bootcampers and leave the people who like to code. On the downside, people like me like to code and also rest n' vest. :/
  • metadat 4y ago
    You're assuming that management can and does differentiate between the two and only fires the sitters. Life experience tells me this is highly unlikely.
    • andsoitis 4y ago
      If that is true (managers cannot filter for sitters), then I know which wins: random layoffs vs. surgical firings at scale
      • whateveracct 4y ago
        I think neither? Or rather, it's a function of 1) the accuracy of managers knowing who is a sitter and 2) the percentage of your company is sitters. If the percentage is, say, 20% and the manager hit rate is, say, 20%..I'd say both moves end up firing more useful people than sitters. Even if you take it to say managers cannot figure it out and always get it wrong (0% hit rate). Random layoffs are still a net negative even if they outperform managers picking the firings. It's pretty funny how even without unions, companies have no recourse to me barely working and collecting a quarter mil a year.