Speaking of pay, rates for contractors in the UK went backwards. The top end evaporated despite the rise in cost of living, taxes, and inflation. Businesses are

Speaking of pay, rates for contractors in the UK went backwards. The top end evaporated despite the rise in cost of living, taxes, and inflation. Businesses are expecting to find good devs for half the rates they were paying in 2019. This is not sustainable, you cannot buy talent for that money so experienced devs are leaving the industry and the cheap devs are just no good. I see signs of businesses dealing with this problem by building smaller teams and paying them 2019 rates, we'll see how it works.