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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 8 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] 52 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know a guy who was let go a year ago. Dude's like 170 IQ - and while people say that, this guy's dizzyingly smart. 3 degrees, he can teach, code to spec, rebuild your delivery pipeline so it fucking howls, manage nerds, and he's been interviewing like it's his job for a year without lasting results.

Some shitty company in Connecticut just flew him out for a project wrap-up, as he's been helping save their ass since their completely out-of-his-depth manager reached out on a public forum for some clue. Like, without him they'd've been 4 kinds of fucked and he was looking for something to keep him sane for a few weeks.

Handshake and a free dinner and sent him packing. Because they could. They got what they needed, and they foolishly think they can get it again when this idiot fucks up again in a month.

I worry a lot of nerds are getting fish-hooked like that, when they just want to make things go and maybe also eat regularly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Handshake and a free dinner and sent him packing. Because they could. They got what they needed, and they foolishly think they can get it again when this idiot fucks up again in a month.

Pretty common with OEMs. They hire to develop the new product line, let them go, and make the products until they literally can't anymore.