Re:Ask HN: What is the current driver of tech layoffs?
by lm28469 on Friday January 12, 2024 @07:04AM
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> The quality of your average tech worker has completely nosedived in the last 10-15 years.
The average tech job requires much less skills though. It's not like we're all working on rockets or the building blocks of the internet. A good 70% of tech jobs today are crud api and basic web/mobile apps
Re:Ask HN: What is the current driver of tech layoffs?
by nsxwolf on Friday January 12, 2024 @01:01PM
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I've heard people describe the corporate travel platform I work on described as a "simple CRUD app" so I'm not sure I believe this is true about almost any software company.
The average tech job requires much less skills though. It's not like we're all working on rockets or the building blocks of the internet. A good 70% of tech jobs today are crud api and basic web/mobile apps