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arrow-up1616arrow-down1external-linkAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comPxtl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square84fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foomusic@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareTerevoslinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 years agoWho told you that? AFAIK that was definitely never true about computer tech jobs.
minus-square@spudwart@spudwart.comlinkfedilinkEnglish50•2 years agoCan vouch, everyone told me growing up that computer jobs were a safe and stable choice because “everyone needs computers.”
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish29•2 years agoThat may be true with IT departments but maybe not as necessarily for developers
minus-square@spudwart@spudwart.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoI agree, but when most of my “elders” growing up believed computers to be this magical voodoo money printer box that just happens to go on facebook, It’s not suprising they believed any job relating to a computer was safe and stable.
minus-square@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoIT support by staff like sysadmins can hardly be replaced in the near future. I don’t see AI being able to setup a whole environment itself. Creative jobs on the other hand…
minus-square@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoAnd who sets up those? If sysadmin jobs are killed for on premise at companies at the very least they will be needed for datacenter work.
minus-square@jmanes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoDevelopers are often the ones setting up the environments now via things like Terraform. IT is still needed for on-prem work though.
minus-squareTerevoslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIt’s definitely a good choice. And there will always be jobs. But job security is pretty minimal.
minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoI think it’s true for the career rather than the job, because it’s not hard to find another job that is still paid way better than the average career.
Who told you that? AFAIK that was definitely never true about computer tech jobs.
Can vouch, everyone told me growing up that computer jobs were a safe and stable choice because “everyone needs computers.”
That may be true with IT departments but maybe not as necessarily for developers
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I agree, but when most of my “elders” growing up believed computers to be this magical voodoo money printer box that just happens to go on facebook, It’s not suprising they believed any job relating to a computer was safe and stable.
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Do not question the elders of the internet.
IT support by staff like sysadmins can hardly be replaced in the near future.
I don’t see AI being able to setup a whole environment itself.
Creative jobs on the other hand…
That’s what cloud services are for.
And who sets up those? If sysadmin jobs are killed for on premise at companies at the very least they will be needed for datacenter work.
Developers are often the ones setting up the environments now via things like Terraform. IT is still needed for on-prem work though.
It’s definitely a good choice. And there will always be jobs. But job security is pretty minimal.
I think it’s true for the career rather than the job, because it’s not hard to find another job that is still paid way better than the average career.