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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now::Nearly 300,000 tech employees have been laid off since last year, data shows.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's why it pays well. Garbage person jobs pay well too. Few people want to wake up early and smell like garbage all day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I know a guy who works at a dump in LA county. He’s retiring with pension in his early 50’s. I’m kind of jealous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That’s why it pays well.

Care to back it up with numbers? Because it's been like 4.6 Gy since I last saw a garbage disposal person or a plumber driving their SUV out of their 3-floor house.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

This sounds intuitive but these "dirty jobs" aren't nearly as available and profitable as people believe. Relatedly, Mike Rowe is an asshole.