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SWE no longer a safe space. Now what? I would ask about second careers to get away from SWE. But to do what? What job is safe now? Safe and pays. Doctor? Th

• VirusNewbie 3y ago
  >SWE no longer a safe space. Now what? It hasn't been for 20+ years, except there was maybe a 4 year period from 2018 to 2022 where it was safe. It was boom and bust in the dotcom era, there were tons of layoffs during the financial crisis, microsoft was always known to stack rank, IBM and Oracle do layoffs as an annual company tradition, etc. I worked for a mega-corp in 2015 and there were constantly layoffs and reorgs and hiring sprees and divisions culled. This is all how it goes. This was never a safe field. It was an exciting and interesting one.