• mesamune
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    722 days ago

    The job market is very hard right now. It feels like 2009 all over again. It took until 2014 to recover in my local area.

    And there is a LOT of new devs getting pushed out. Crazy.

    nice project!

      • @[email protected]
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        119 hours ago

        US has been in a rough spot on the tech side as all the big tech companies kicked off a layoff spree (assumed by many to chase profitable quarterly reports).

        With Trump and Elon screwing with the federal government, even stable government jobs are now hurting.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 days ago

      I had just graduated, fresh engineer and super happy I landed a pretty good starting engineering job in a great company. I was quite lucky. Engineers dropping like flies, becoming taxi drivers, or whatever they could find to sustain their families. All investments everywhere were dwindling. Thankfully oil prices were high regionally so some remained.

          • shnizmuffin
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            612 days ago

            Oh don’t worry you’ll get to experience one firsthand in [ checks watch ] about 20 minutes.

            • @[email protected]
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              321 hours ago

              Ngl I’m a little bit looking forward to the next housing crash, because maybe then I can finally buy a fucking house for a not-too-insane price.

              • @[email protected]
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                28 hours ago

                I’m right there with you. I feel like everyone I know’s a bunch of hermit crabs lining up to upgrade from soda cans and plastic bottles into real shells

      • mesamune
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        102 days ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis

        My local area was hit bad about a year later than everyone else. But once it hit, houses were close to 1/2 the price of what they were going a year earlier + unemployment was up to about 20%. It was VERY bad and I remember trying to get a job in the middle of it. I got lucky and got something around an hour away while quite a it of my social group moved away.