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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 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.