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> It does amuse me that we're still at more people hiring than looking for jobs. It's a stark contrast to other industries, where the power is normally in the h

> It does amuse me that we're still at more people hiring than looking for jobs. It's a stark contrast to other industries, where the power is normally in the hands of employers. In my area, many businesses outside of the tech sector is actively hiring and can't find enough people. I think Covid triggered a demographic shift with many Boomers retiring (or dying) and that gap has not been filled.

incone123 4y ago
This is an interesting contrast with another comment that said it should be possible to find another tech job if (among other factors) the candidate was not too old.
ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
Given that Boomers are around 80, I suspect most of them were already retired.
- richiebful1 4y ago
  1946-1964 (the US Census definition of boomers) is "around 80" at the high end. My dad's a boomer, he's still working.
  - ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
    Yeah, I don't really subscribe to this seemingly ever-expanding definition of "Baby Boomers." It was supposed to be babies born in the euphoria right after WWII, but now extends for 20 years. The ever-expanding "millennials" label is even more absurd. It originally meant people graduating college around 2000: a very specific group. Now, again, it has blown up to include decades of people. After Boomers, all the labels are just idiotic. Let's all just refer to age groups using [gasp] numbers.
    - sangnoir 4y ago
      > It originally meant people graduating college around 2000: This is not how generational cohorts work. AFAIK, what counts as a generation can refer to people born over from 10, and up to 33 year period depending on who you ask. "Millennial" is not precise term, it simply refers to people younger than Gen X and older than Gen Z.
      - ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
        Eh, I remember when this was coined, and it was specifically about people graduating college at the millennium. Granted, I thought then (and still think) this was a weird benchmark to use. But the whole thing is dumb.
        sangnoir 4y ago
        You may be misremembering, or perhaps you meant graduating high school? People who graduatedcollege in 2000 are not considered to be millennials as they were been born in 1978 or 1979.
        ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
        Hmm, I'm pretty sure it was college, because the topic of conversation at the time was the job market facing these new graduates and how they were the first cohort that could not necessarily expect to "do better" than their parents.
- duderific 4y ago
  Boomer generation is born 1946 - 1964 so most are probably around 70ish, with many younger and older.
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incone123 4y ago

This is an interesting contrast with another comment that said it should be possible to find another tech job if (among other factors) the candidate was not too old.

ShadowBanThis01 4y ago

Given that Boomers are around 80, I suspect most of them were already retired.

richiebful1 4y ago
1946-1964 (the US Census definition of boomers) is "around 80" at the high end. My dad's a boomer, he's still working.
- ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
  Yeah, I don't really subscribe to this seemingly ever-expanding definition of "Baby Boomers." It was supposed to be babies born in the euphoria right after WWII, but now extends for 20 years. The ever-expanding "millennials" label is even more absurd. It originally meant people graduating college around 2000: a very specific group. Now, again, it has blown up to include decades of people. After Boomers, all the labels are just idiotic. Let's all just refer to age groups using [gasp] numbers.
  - sangnoir 4y ago
    > It originally meant people graduating college around 2000: This is not how generational cohorts work. AFAIK, what counts as a generation can refer to people born over from 10, and up to 33 year period depending on who you ask. "Millennial" is not precise term, it simply refers to people younger than Gen X and older than Gen Z.
    - ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
      Eh, I remember when this was coined, and it was specifically about people graduating college at the millennium. Granted, I thought then (and still think) this was a weird benchmark to use. But the whole thing is dumb.
      - sangnoir 4y ago
        You may be misremembering, or perhaps you meant graduating high school? People who graduatedcollege in 2000 are not considered to be millennials as they were been born in 1978 or 1979.
        ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
        Hmm, I'm pretty sure it was college, because the topic of conversation at the time was the job market facing these new graduates and how they were the first cohort that could not necessarily expect to "do better" than their parents.
duderific 4y ago
Boomer generation is born 1946 - 1964 so most are probably around 70ish, with many younger and older.

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