@corbin_braun: one of the biggest economical shift if happening in software right now and most people don't know. Every big tech is la…
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A tweet by @corbin_braun highlights what he sees as a major economic shift in software, with big tech layoffs and an identity crisis for software engineers as AI enables anyone to code, threatening salaries and stock options.
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one of the biggest economical shift if happening in software right now and most people don’t know.
Every big tech is laying off employees.
we are in software endgame.
there is a real identity crisis happening with software engineers.
imagine spending 10+ years of your life learning to code and making income this way.
and now anyone can do it.
odd time.
salaries, stock options all of it.
drying up.
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