I agree with you, mostly. Another problem is management attitudes towards hiring. They are switching their capricious attention and investment towards AI [1] a

I agree with you, mostly. Another problem is management attitudes towards hiring. They are switching their capricious attention and investment towards AI [1] and off shore to save costs [2, 3]. The combination of all this is making for an ugly combo of negativity. Tech used to be a lot more fun, even before the SV ZIRP hysteria. [1] https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-software-engineers-in-2025-says-marc-benioff/ https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-s... [2] https://www.turing.com/blog/top-us-companies-choosing-offshore-hiring-over-local-hiring-for-tech https://www.turing.com/blog/top-us-companies-choosing-offsho... [3] I work at a large bank. Almost all our new roles are exclusively in India and the Philippines.