Re:Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or ...
by jjmarr on Friday March 06, 2026 @03:12PM
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The problem is the lack of experience compounds which gets worse due to AI.
> I mean you don’t need your first job go to top of the top companies. Your first job is to get you into the industry then you can flourish.
I have friends whose companies don't pay for any AI tools because it's too expensive. They're not learning as much and they get downlevelled when going to my company.
Meanwhile I know people who left my company for Google after 15 years getting the same role as someone who stayed at Google for 6.
> I mean you don’t need your first job go to top of the top companies. Your first job is to get you into the industry then you can flourish.
I have friends whose companies don't pay for any AI tools because it's too expensive. They're not learning as much and they get downlevelled when going to my company.
Meanwhile I know people who left my company for Google after 15 years getting the same role as someone who stayed at Google for 6.