Laid off tech workers quickly find new jobs
My main issue with these types of articles is that "tech workers" != SWEs.<p>Of the people profiled in this article:<p>- 1 videographer<p>- 1 "systems engineer" (not sure what this means, but doesn't seem like it involves programming since they taught themselves Python after getting laid off)<p>And that's it. The article makes the point that the number of SWE job openings are way down, -50% YoY. It's clear that there is less slack at the moment. What's unclear is when it will become a full crunch.<p>I heard the same thing in 2020 when I got laid off, and it took me __a year_ to get back on my feet. I speculate on why this was the case in Hard Truth #3 in a post I just published.[0]<p>Good luck to everyone searching! It was a really rough time for me, but I learned a lot about myself and, as trite as it sounds, forced me to take a hard look at my skills and be more targeted in my outreach. Now I'm the happiest I've been in my entire career. Feel free to contact me if you need to vent, contact information in profile.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.stevenbuccini.com/8-hard-truths-on-getting-laid-off" rel="nofollow">https://www.stevenbuccini.com/8-hard-truths-on-getting-laid-...</a>