Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.

It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now::Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.

  • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
    53·
    9 months ago

    Sorry everyone, I made the mistake of trying to better myself and get out of this blue collar hell hole existence I live in and started learning web development last year. Naturally this has to happen then lol

    :P

    • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      9 months ago

      Bouncing between high paid tech work and driving forklifts and lifting boxes every few years is not fun. Wish this industry was more stable

      • rockstarmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        9 months ago

        This hasn’t been my (anecdotal) experience, or that of anyone in my network.

        The industry is unstable no doubt about that, but we’ve never had trouble finding better places to land.

        IMO if you’ve been in tech building your skills for a few years, you really shouldn’t have trouble finding work. '01 was weird but there was still plenty of work, especially in defense. '08 was scary but turned out to be a great time to join a startup. Sometimes it’s a lateral move instead of up, sometimes it requires relocating , but if you’ve been doing good work and building your professional network you should never have to go back to driving forklifts (unless you choose to).

        • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          9 months ago

          Are you actually in the market right now or just making stuff up? You use a lot of qualifying language in this post that makes it sound like you’re just reassuring yourself. It comes off as condescension.

          There are hundreds of thousands of unemployed devs right now, plus all the scrub gold chasers trying to break into the industry. And not everyone has connections that can get them a job. Networking is still a numbers game, it isn’t magic.

          • rockstarmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            9 months ago

            I’m not sure what qualifying language you took offense at, and I wasn’t intending to be condescending.

            I admitted that my experience was indeed anecdotal, but I stand by my statements. If you’re good at what you do in tech, you have a few years of experience, and you’re willing to take take positions that differ from your comfort zone you should never be without well paying work.

            I’m always in the market as you put it, even though I’m not looking to leave my current position any time soon. I did 2 interviews in the last 7 days, and I turn down offers probably once a month.

            I know this isn’t how it works for everyone in tech, but once you get your career grooved it isn’t unrealistic.

            • WanderingVentra@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              I’m always willing to take positions different from my comfort zone but it feels like no one wants to hire me unless I have experience with all their tech stack and languages or am willing to take a pay cut. But I can’t in this environment, I have loans and a family and expensive rent and groceries to pay for. It’s kind of annoying because I actually would like to change it up lol.

              • rockstarmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                9 months ago

                I hear you, it’s always tough out there, keep at it you got this.

                The reason I take multiple interviews a week even when I’m not looking change positions is because it takes that level of legwork to maintain my career.

                I don’t want to sound like I’m down playing how difficult it is to succeed in our industry. It takes a bunch of work, and networking, but getting ahead if you have talent is 100% doable.

                • WanderingVentra@lemm.eeEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  Thatd a good idea. I really need to do the same thing: apply and take interviews all the time even when I’m not looking to change. At the very least, it’ll help me know what to frameworks and platforms to study for instead of studying broad tech interview concepts.

    • w3dd1e@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      Same. I have a low paying white collar job that I don’t enjoy. I thought I would start learning development just in time or AI and then layoffs. It makes me feel really sick and scared for the future.

      A lot of posts and videos have been put up about how it will be fine. That AI won’t take jobs and even with the layoffs, they say head counts are still up, but it feels pretty hopeless to me.

      I don’t know what else to do, so I’m just going to keep trying and keep pushing myself to be a better dev. Maybe I’ll get there someday.

      • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        There are a lot of companies out there that need help with their technology. Even if AI could solve the problem, they still need someone to implement it. Keep your head up and keep working hard!

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        I don’t know what else to do, so I’m just going to keep trying and keep pushing myself to be a better dev. Maybe I’ll get there someday.

        I mean worker unity and all, but it ain’t being better (if it ever was) that gets you ahead in this field. It’s who you know not what you know or what you’re capable of.