And the only reason (I assume) you're still in the tech industry despite the dot com bust and the Great Recession is because you can at least show value to empl

And the only reason (I assume) you're still in the tech industry despite the dot com bust and the Great Recession is because you can at least show value to employers, and you most likely have some communication and critical thinking skills, not just gluing stuff together. Plenty of code monkey types flamed out or remained underemployed. > the 5 fig salaries I was offered last century, fresh out of school and still wet behind the ears And there were also fewer developers in the 1990s/2000s than in the 2020s, and the hiring market was not yet fully globalized and async compared to the post-COVID WFH/Remote market.