It amazes me how resistant we are to learning from experience.
It's not really skill level that determines whether you keep a job. Having a good network and being able to hustle for opportunities are far bigger determinants.
The quiet, 50th percentile engineer who hasn't had to look for a job in 10 years, doesn't know a lot of people, low-ish EQ, works for a company that's not well-known: most at risk of struggling to find a job if laid off or company goes under.
Someone who knows little more than HTML but is a young, hustler type, big network, sociable, puts more energy into finding gigs - likely to get at least some contract work to sustain him through the
Its been going on for a long time now, it doesn't phase me anymore.Its not just in technology, but in every other sector in the economy. A fine example is Wall Street.