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If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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  • mawr@plush.cityM This user is from outside of this forum
    mawr@plush.cityM This user is from outside of this forum
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    If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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    • mawr@plush.cityM mawr@plush.city

      If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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      @mawr that dip in 2020-2021 is when i was graduating college and that dip in 2023 was when i gave up and got a job at walmart ((:

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      • sierrashark@social.treehouse.systemsS sierrashark@social.treehouse.systems

        @mawr that dip in 2020-2021 is when i was graduating college and that dip in 2023 was when i gave up and got a job at walmart ((:

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        @sierrashark I'm starting at a parcel service today. Wish me luck!

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        • mawr@plush.cityM mawr@plush.city

          If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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          @mawr Tech is dead at the moment, no company hire juniors anymore. Same in Europe here too.

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          • doggo@plush.cityD doggo@plush.city

            @mawr Tech is dead at the moment, no company hire juniors anymore. Same in Europe here too.

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            @doggo @mawr And it’s being sold as a good thing.

            „We only hire senior developers” - of course you do!

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            • mawr@plush.cityM mawr@plush.city

              If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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              @mawr Thinking about pivoting to something else because at this point even though I have 5 years of experience I don't think I will make it into a job.

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                @mawr Thinking about pivoting to something else because at this point even though I have 5 years of experience I don't think I will make it into a job.

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                @meluzzy I have 20 years of experience and I've given up on tech at this point.

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                • mawr@plush.cityM mawr@plush.city

                  If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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                  @mawr

                  Yep. There are way, way more unemployed tech people than there are jobs available in big tech companies or big companies with tech departments.

                  Laid off folks need a day job for the time being, while forming small companies to replace all the enshittified big tech software with desktop, AI free, alternatives.

                  Some of us remember why we *ran* to PCs away from central servers (the cloud). Now you kids get to experience having your data held hostage & forced "downgrades."

                  Offer better.

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                  • mawr@plush.cityM mawr@plush.city

                    If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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                    @mawr Yeah.. Sadly, I'm not hoping for much better than my IT Support position for quite a while.. Not gonna complain though as I do L2 work which doesn't involve speaking to normal end users very often..I'm thankful for it at this moment..

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                    • mawr@plush.cityM mawr@plush.city

                      If you've been having trouble finding a tech job in the US over the past few years, here's some data to validate that it isn't just you.

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                      @mawr i imagine the 2020 dip is the pandemic, meteoric rise in 2022 is due to ai shit being actively developed, 2025 falloff is due to collective abandonment as the result of the ai shit. but i could be wrong

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                      • mynameistillian@plush.cityM mynameistillian@plush.city

                        @mawr i imagine the 2020 dip is the pandemic, meteoric rise in 2022 is due to ai shit being actively developed, 2025 falloff is due to collective abandonment as the result of the ai shit. but i could be wrong

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                        @mynameistillian @mawr A big factor is also Trump's return to office and the subsequent cratering of, well, everything in the U.S. But AI absolutely plays a major role

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                        • mynameistillian@plush.cityM mynameistillian@plush.city

                          @mawr i imagine the 2020 dip is the pandemic, meteoric rise in 2022 is due to ai shit being actively developed, 2025 falloff is due to collective abandonment as the result of the ai shit. but i could be wrong

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                          @mynameistillian @mawr

                          Rise in 2021 is probablh pandemic over hiring, it doesn't ALWAYS have to be AI 😅

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