There have always been ups and downs in the economy. This isn't the first recession where programmers were hit harder than other jobs. There have been other r

There have always been ups and downs in the economy. This isn't the first recession where programmers were hit harder than other jobs. There have been other recessions where programmers were one of the few places where everyone was hiring. You can substitute every single possible profession for programmers above and still have a trust. Even things like groceries (everyone needs to eat) still has ups and downs (some recessions people go to restaurants less and so are good; others they switch to low margin staples and profits go down).