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Re:Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career by vineyardmike on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:23PM (#48097868)
2008 had ~30k CS graduates.

2015 had ~50k CS graduates.

2021 had ~100k CS graduates.

You can extrapolate the rest.

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Re:Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career by dominotw on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:46PM (#48098159)
thats only a fraction of all the layoffs
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Re:Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career by Terr_ on Monday May 11, 2026 @02:39PM (#48098915)
Someone can graduate only once--or not at all--and be laid off multiple times. :p
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