Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S.

Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by qaq on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:26PM (#11221886)

Perl hackers? Booking.com will actually pay you to learn perl :)

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by dredmorbius on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:34PM (#11221910)

Frequently a negative sign.

Up-and-coming tech frequently has a flood of talent. Dying: companies with vested systems (say, Cobol, or Solaris) are catching the tail-end of the curve. The truly good programmers have gotten out, or switched skills, or transferred to management.

Hopping on a sinking ship usually doesn't last long.

(Nothing against Perl. It's just a seriously fading language at this point.)

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by wcummings on Friday March 04, 2016 @08:46AM (#11223628)

I bet there's a ton of legacy Perl out there. Someone has to maintain it.

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by yarou on Friday March 04, 2016 @03:31AM (#11222664)

I'm sure they said the same thing 10 years ago.

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by johansch on Friday March 04, 2016 @07:25AM (#11223298)

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=perl

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by stonogo on Friday March 04, 2016 @07:55AM (#11223424)

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=computer

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