Even if you can find a sw Eng job, salaries have dropped to ~2019-2020 levels
Factor in inflation since then and it’s a huge effective pay drop
Factor in inflation since then and it’s a huge effective pay drop
https://www.zdnet.com/article/tech-salaries-are-dropping-her...
I think it’s pretty unevenly distributed. Definitely affecting some segments more than others. Everyone I know who’s a general purpose software engineer is worried (almost), but everyone I know working in AI really is not.
I’ve seen this show before though. This happened in 2001 and 2009 as well…
My pay peaked in 2001. If subsequent job moves and raises had kept up with inflation, I'd be making just under $150,000 a year today.
As it stands, the job market is so poor (and my skills need updating, to be honest) I'm having trouble getting a job that pays even $80k.