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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] Pohl 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unemployment is at record lows. Some sectors are hiring a lot more people than the tech sector is shedding. It’s not really complicated.

Job sectors come and go, grow and shrink. Imagine how silly I would sound if I said: “there is almost no work for horse cart builders but the gov says that unemployment is at record lows, how can this be?”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Edit: Gonna try being less upset about some things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You should try not being so angry and offended all the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fair. Got any tips?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Well, first, I would start with not reading a billboard created by some marketers as some affront to you and the opinion of a group of people who have nothing to do with making the sign.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

"I want to be able to eat this month, so losing my job would be really bad"

You: Fuck you tech workers! The world doesn't revolve around you!