Tech Industry job layoffs looking scary

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I guess it depends on your role and how you view things. I will never feel it’s my job to determine individual value or worth, especially when I’m always working with a team. However, I always have full understanding on how the projects Im working on or have worked on, impact the company.

I also do mainly contracting or short term work so my 5 year plan is never going to include one employer.

I agree with you when you have more traditional views about work, climbing up the ladder, and wanting to stay at a company until you die.

I see where you coming from now. You're right that's also another way to get the bag. On some mercenary for hire shyt. Gimme the project objectives, get out my way so I can get it done, then send my check. Off to the next gig

Knowing the value you bring as a freelance professional is just as important. Unless you're willing to always take what is offered (which will always be on the low end) how do you negotiate? If you can't explain what value you added on your last contract then you're just another body.

Some of the highest payed software developers are freelancers with particular skills. They usually jump-start projects in medium or smaller firms without large engineering budgets and can command large payouts cause they know the value they're adding.

 

[KingBeez]

Why Google certs specifically? I was thinking about getting my CCNA and CISSP instead but I really want to know why you said Google certs.

I said those just because they’re probably cheap or free for you to obtain right now since you’re still in college. You should also look into the other certs as well, I believe there’s a big thread about them in higher learning

 

[Rawtid]

Knowing the value you bring as a freelance professional is just as important. Unless you're willing to always take what is offered (which will always be on the low end) how do you negotiate? If you can't explain what value you added on your last contract then you're just another body.

Some of the highest payed software developers are freelancers with particular skills. They usually jump-start projects in medium or smaller firms without large engineering budgets and can command large payouts cause they know the value they're adding.

I don’t negotiate, I do research before looking for a new opportunity using a combination of my skills/education, my financial goals, and the market rate for similar positions. That gets me to a range and I will ask if the job pays that range, if not I won’t even continue the call.

 

[Spence]

Nobody wants to make less than they are currently earning. Depressing salaries is major concern. Alot of jobs aint paying all that especially when you consider what the job expectations are.

There’s a good chunk paying well but they are mostly niche roles. Agree though, the average is trending way down and employers are tightening the grip on freedom of wfh and big salaries to protect their bottom lines and employee control.

 

[the bossman]

Ultimately, the real worry for everyone should be if Jerome Powell and the FED keep raising rates 75 bps in an obsessive pursuit to curtail low unemployment and inflation.

I think we are in the clear for now

Fed's Harker says he is ready to downshift to 25-basis-point rate hikes

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker reiterated on Wednesday that he is ready for the U.S. central bank to move to a slower pace of interest rate rises amid some signs that hot inflation is cooling. "High inflation is a scourge, leading to economic...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[Spence]

I think we are in the clear for now

Fed's Harker says he is ready to downshift to 25-basis-point rate hikes

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker reiterated on Wednesday that he is ready for the U.S. central bank to move to a slower pace of interest rate rises amid some signs that hot inflation is cooling. "High inflation is a scourge, leading to economic...

finance.yahoo.com

Yeah it’s 1 more 25bp hike then a wait n see what shakes loose. I only need about 6 months and my ship will be ready for cannon fire should the economy go belly up

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

I said those just because they’re probably cheap or free for you to obtain right now since you’re still in college. You should also look into the other certs as well, I believe there’s a big thread about them in higher learning

I'm a vet so I get certain tech certs paid off with FEDTev. I'm mostly worried about what certs to get.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Yeah. You wanna see some big tech arrogance, go over to teamblind.com

nikkas living in a whole different galaxy than the rest of the world. “Oh yo broke ass only got $175k TC for a full remote gig with 2 years of experience ”

Bro I already know lmfao

 

[Bleed The Freak]

While that was true in the past a law just passed a couple months ago giving H1B holders 1 full year instead of 2 months to find work again.

Source? Not disputing just saw some stories contradicting it

 

[Spence]

Source? Not disputing just saw some stories contradicting it

It’s within this bill that they now have 1 year to find work instead of 60 days before deportation

 

[Bleed The Freak]

It’s within this bill that they now have 1 year to find work instead of 60 days before deportation

There's a high likelihood a lot of them gonna have to move to places like GA, CO, NC or VA.

Cause that west coast logjam ain't gonna work.

 

[Eternal Tecate]

American economy is built on derivatives, credit and options/stocks.

+transaction fees, service fees, interest, rent. All things that can be categorized as "economic rent". Things that are nothing but overhead. They produce nothing physical. Parasitic in nature.

 

[JT-Money]

Google Pauses Green Card Applications, Leaving Foreign Workers in Limbo

Google and other big tech firms have paused filing new PERM applications, dealing a blow to foreign-born tech workers who rely on company visa sponsorship.

observer.com

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

+transaction fees, service fees, interest, rent. All things that can be categorized as "economic rent". Things that are nothing but overhead. They produce nothing physical. Parasitic in nature.

Some FABs are about ti be built in Ohio and Arizona but majority if the work force there will be asian (TSMC is Taiwanese owned and Intel is just India 2.0)

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

Google Pauses Green Card Applications, Leaving Foreign Workers in Limbo

Google and other big tech firms have paused filing new PERM applications, dealing a blow to foreign-born tech workers who rely on company visa sponsorship.

observer.com

They should return to only having H1B for highly skilled people who have PHDs or are specialists.