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The layoffs are not necessarily executed in a way that takes performance into account, but that doesn’t mean that the industry overall doesn’t have too many peo
by stanleykm 7mo ago
The layoffs are not necessarily executed in a way that takes performance into account, but that doesn’t mean that the industry overall doesn’t have too many people for the amount of work that needs to be done.
- tracerbulletx 7mo agoIts only the part about casting any aspersions at the people laid off for being low performance that bothers me because I know so many incredible people for whom they absolutely did not deserve it and its not fair to assume anything about their value or quality of their work specifically.
- johnnyanmac 7mo agoDepends on the industry and product, as usual. On an large level, I do not think there's "too many engineers and not enough problems to be solved". Companies are simply hunkering down for a recession we can't say out loud.
- bayarearefugee 7mo ago> that doesn’t mean that the industry overall doesn’t have too many people for the amount of work that needs to be done. Not that I disagree with you here, but it is hard to square this with people who are also saying not to worry about AI displacement because there's limitless demand for software.
- bluefirebrand 7mo ago> it is hard to square this with people who are also saying not to worry about AI displacement because there's limitless demand for software. Well, that's easy to square: the idea that there is limitless demand for software is nonsense. Pure fiction