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Honestly, it is starting to feel like propaganda. The quality of jobs is decreasing. If you are just starting out it is very bad.

• overstay8930 2y ago
  Skill ceiling is just getting raised, just look at what’s going on in IT. Massive disparity in people who evolved and those who didn’t. The ones that can’t code or didn’t learn modern skills like container orchestration are seeing the skill floor drop with companies migrating to SaaS everything and laying off teams, and the ones that learned are called infrastructure/devops engineers and easily make six figures. Sysadmin roles that used to pay 100k+ are now 20-25/hr at most businesses because they are just glorified office managers in 2024. Companies are all trying to be like Amazon now, they want easily trained and replaceable people, so unless you work in a high skill ceiling job you are going to just be paid less. Even teachers are just glorified daycare workers these days. The good days are over for most people who thought the good times would never end.
  • pylua 2y ago
    I think that is definitely happening. However, if minimum wage ( or even just wages ) had kept up with inflation, the jobs number would look much weaker. People are getting exploited. As for tech, a lot of companies want everyone to be fungible for the cheapest price as you mentioned. It’s not a market where people feel safe to takes risks or innovate for someone else’s firm, considering there is no amount of loyalty that can keep you from getting laid off.