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Part of me wonders if we will see rising suicide rates among software developers if we have a recession in the middle of what is already the worst hiring enviro
by harimau777 2y ago
Part of me wonders if we will see rising suicide rates among software developers if we have a recession in the middle of what is already the worst hiring environment in decades.
- tptacek 2y agoIn decades? Can you express that quantitatively? You can just look this up on FRED and see that it's unlikely to be true.
- llamaimperative 2y agoFRED doesn’t factor in the v i b e s
- qwertyuiop_ 2y agoFRED gets employment data from DOL, which keeps down revising its lofty employment estimates. Additionally not all job postings reflect actual openings. The companies post tailored job postings to help their employees who are applying for green cards. Others just post to influence the perception of stock analysts.
- tptacek 2y agoLook at the graph of total software engineering employment over the last 20 years and tell me the magnitude of both the market shift and the measurement error that would be required to justify the argument upthread.
- kasey_junk 2y agoBLS doesn’t use job postings for CES.
- laidoffamazon 2y agoIt’s not, TikTok and Instagram Reels are lying to you
- kilroy123 2y agoLast night, I got news of a software engineer who committed suicide the day after the election. They were out of work most of the year and struggling deeply. So heartbreaking and gut-wrenching. :( I, too, can't find work and am struggling deeply, so I really feel their pain.
- mock-possum 2y agoWell geez, I’ve been considering switching industries, but suicide seems a bit extreme…