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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by rayiner on Thursday March 03, 2016 @09:36PM (#11221687)
Software is highly unusual in that you can learn marketable skills as a hobby. It's not like a chemical engineer can learn marketable skills in civil engineering on the side. And not everyone can do software for a living.
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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by dredmorbius on Friday March 04, 2016 @02:29AM (#11222500)
There is that advantage, though some skills are harder to pick up (stuff relating to hardware, commercial software packages, etc.). This also means more competition as there are fewer barriers to entry.

But generally, I see it as an advantage.

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