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minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoSoftware has never been considered stable, as the article mentions in the first paragraph.
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIt’s been stable for me for ~20 years. 🤷♂️ not recently though. Everyone needed software. Not everyone needed JavaScript users.
minus-squareDrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI’m glad to hear you’ve found such exceptional stability, but the norm is closer to 1-2 years.
minus-squarescribbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoTry comparing it to other jobs on the site, they all seem to be like that for some reason. Not sure if that’s a quirk of their dataset or real
minus-squarekibblebits@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago There are over 325,319 software engineers currently employed in the United States. I doubt it’s that low, because in the past two years more than that number have been laid off.
Doesn’t list software?
Software has never been considered stable, as the article mentions in the first paragraph.
It’s been stable for me for ~20 years. 🤷♂️ not recently though. Everyone needed software. Not everyone needed JavaScript users.
I’m glad to hear you’ve found such exceptional stability, but the norm is closer to 1-2 years.
Try comparing it to other jobs on the site, they all seem to be like that for some reason. Not sure if that’s a quirk of their dataset or real
I doubt it’s that low, because in the past two years more than that number have been laid off.