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Tech industry has actually had a recession in jobs but not a recession in earnings. This is a prime example of how our society has become so precarious for the
by nine_zeros 2y ago
Tech industry has actually had a recession in jobs but not a recession in earnings.
This is a prime example of how our society has become so precarious for the middle class while the rich just keep getting richer.
- tootie 2y agoThat's not really true and not really a thing. Unemployment in tech is even lower than the general economy. It just stopped being massively overheated.
- ghaff 2y agoThe 2010s and early=on in the pandemic were extraordinary for (certain) jobs in tech. The meme of I can quit my job Friday and have a significantly higher-paying job by the end of the next week may not really have been the norm in tech, But it was certainly unheard of with professional jobs, inclusing in engineering, historically unless you were a celebrity of some sort in the field.