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Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by victorbjorklund on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:05PM (#49223647)
It’s harder to go from 30 years as an assembly worker to a career as a developer than go from developer to say product manager or whatever roles will survive.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by adrianN on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:29PM (#49223860)
In companies where I worked there were about two dozen developers for every product manager, sometimes more.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by victorbjorklund on Sunday August 09, 2026 @02:47AM (#49229016)
That’s why I said ”or whatever role”
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by ryanbrunner on Saturday August 08, 2026 @11:43PM (#49228245)
1. There's far less product managers 2. What makes you so sure that product managers won't be automated away? The breathless pronouncements from the people running these companies aren't that there won't be software developers, it's that there won't be knowledge workers.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by victorbjorklund on Sunday August 09, 2026 @02:47AM (#49229015)
That’s why I said ”whatever” roles. Doubt you think no a single role will exist in 10 years?
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad? by pjmlp on Monday August 10, 2026 @02:40AM (#49240079)
As someone that as teenager observe traditional shoe factories being automated away, or the production being sent offshore, the robot factory can function with 10% of the original staff, or even less.

Now for the sake of argument multiply the 90% of the employees that were laid off, with the amount of companies that do the same, there aren't enough roles whatever those may be for everyone else now at the job center.