Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?
by flag_fagger on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:37AM
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Yeah man, those stupid hick rednecks in Appalachia should have just learned to code.
Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?
by pyuser583 on Monday December 01, 2025 @12:02PM
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My grandparents were stupid redneck hicks from Appalachia who moved the Midwest and became wealthy and well educated.
The current VP is a stupid redneck hick from Appalachia who … you can Google him.
Point is, one way of responding to regional decline (Appalachia was once the wealthiest part of America) is to move.
Re:Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?
by bluGill on Monday December 01, 2025 @11:42AM
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I know some rednecks from Appalachia who did learn to code. He retired from IBM a few years ago (that is IBM was a different company when he worked there than it is now) to a nice retirement in his little mountain shack.
Though I wouldn't tell the rest what they should do. The guy I know had to live in MN for decades (where I met him) away from the rest of his friends and family - that is itself a large cost in lifestyle that I question if money makes up for.
The economy has been moving upward since 2013 - 12 years ago. What were you doing from 2013 to 2020?
I ask because I also graduated around ‘08. I’ve been a software developer since 2016. I’m currently a senior dev with almost a decade of experience.
There were really crappy years to start with, but I feel I’ve made up for it substantially.
My own parents graduated in the late 70s during a terrible economic recession.
It seems weathering economic recessions have been a tradition for several generations.
I still remember articles almost identical to the ones I see now; “this generation is screwed and there is no possible salvation.”
It’s getting old.