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I get the sense that many Americans feel like they are personally doing well, but are convinced that on average, Americans are not doing well. It’s hard to tel

• scruple 3y ago
  > It’s hard to tell when many numbers are used to spin/promote an ideology or attract eyeballs with sensationalist viewpoint. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. It's hard to find data about how your peers are doing. Anecdotally, I know a lot of tech employees who are out of work right now and/or have been out of work for 6-12 months. I know more tech workers than I ever have before in my life, that's obviously going to come with 20 years of experience, but I've never seen such a large share of them struggling to find income -- to the point that a small number of them are moving out of the industry against their wishes.
  • ghaff 3y ago
    >a small number of them are moving out of the industry against their wishes And a larger number of which did so in the wake of dot-bomb. At least the meme that you could walk out of a job by Friday, and have 3 offers by the end of the following week just wasn't/isn't the norm in any other skilled labor profession.