It’s time to wake up.
The cat is out of the bag. Big tech overhired. Now they’re firing people.
Unsuspecting employees are caught in tech giants' crossfire. Their secure jobs evaporated into political thin air. Mega companies decided to make their balance sheets look pretty by downsizing.
It feels like a technology purge.
Each day social media reports more layoffs. Big tech shoved thousands of people onto the streets. They’re out of work and forced to compete with one another for limited jobs.
We’ve seen this before. Irresponsible companies overhire, overpay, then figure out how people contribute later.
Think about it. Today four years of JavaScript experience get you north of $150K in some places.
The software developer market is ridiculous.
Not only do we overpay, but we’ve lost our focus. No one talks about business value anymore. It’s all about work-life balance.
People celebrate time off instead of company goals. They favor quick learning over deep understanding.
Some companies hired software developers who learned to code on TikTok. Anyone can be a developer, or so they thought.
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