Do you mean you’re trying to get into tech? If yes then it’s a terrible time for that. No harm in trying but it is not the rapidly expanding field it once was, sucking up people from all other industries left and right…
Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October
shalafi@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Should I give up on finding a tech job? Surely my resume won’t stack against all these laid of people. I mean, it’s not bad, and I’ve scored great jobs before it was as stacked as it is today. Been unemployed for over a year and a half, haven’t looked too much.
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
mr_account@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s probably worth it to look into changing fields entirely, but honestly so many industries in the US are hurting right now, IDK which ones would even be a good option…
Zirconium@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I just finished my associates in something called “industrial maintenance.” A degree that is a little bit of electrical, HVAC, Circuits, & machining. I have not been accepted to the 20 “entry” level jobs I found (also went to a career fair). And everywhere I look for related fields or anything people say there’s too many people in the business. It’s like every job field has “too many people”
mr_account@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Shit, I’m sorry to hear that. Sounds like we’re all in the same boat…
Waldelfe@feddit.org 5 days ago
I switched careers from logistics (office) to IT a couple of years ago. Logistics was notoriously badly paid and it was hard to find a job that’s not temporary for a year amd then they throw you out. Everybody kept telling us for years to go to IT, because that’s where the money and the non-temporary contracts are… But that’s only true for people who’ve worked there for decades.
It really does feel like no field is left where you can have a stable career. Accounting, sales, hospital, no matter where you ask, it’s temp contracts and shitty wages.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
As long as the market grows, it’s gonna take people to do the work implied by the growth.
When growth stops, jobs vanish. It’s like the market is the wind and jobs are the kinetic energy. When the wind stops blowing, the kinetic energy disappears.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Any chance you’re good at making guillotines? One can hope they become high demand.
mr_account@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Man, I’m not good at anything except making an occasionally funny snarky comment
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Don’t underestimate that skill. Helps people make it through the day.
stringere@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I once knew a guy that got a job by telling dick jokes on a forum. Got hired to work on some internal newsletter at Microsoft.