Outlook for the Tech Labor Market

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@Holdontight1123

May 3, 2024 at 3:51 pm

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@JohnSmith-kw1qj

May 3, 2024 at 6:45 pm

Anti-Flag – Bullshit Opportunist

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@hkiajtaqks5253

May 4, 2024 at 2:35 am

What is tech “labor”?

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- @swaggitypigfig8413
  
  May 4, 2024 at 3:23 am
  
  People in tech jobs obviously
  
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- @mstar7520
  
  May 4, 2024 at 4:22 am
  
  labor is just another word for work, so they’re talking about tech “jobs”.
  
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- @redwithblackstripes
  
  May 4, 2024 at 4:25 am
  
  it means automated ad sells maintenance person
  
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- @jonron3805
  
  May 4, 2024 at 5:55 am
  
  Just what it is in other sectors. The people who work at building the core product/service.
  
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- @martinjrtremblay
  
  May 4, 2024 at 7:26 am
  
  It means BS jobs
  
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@aaraonhon

May 4, 2024 at 11:16 am

Hired at a premium and fired at an instance like an investment bank

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@xxxx-tb4de

May 4, 2024 at 11:23 am

Hired too many people in the last of couple of years in technology. It is no surprise they are cutting. In fact, it is surprising they took so long. Still so much excess and I see so many employed have nothing to do for days at a stretch.

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- @LifeWithRilla
  
  May 5, 2024 at 11:54 am
  
  Idk where you’re working but i see the opposite.
  
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@Zero11_ss

May 4, 2024 at 1:05 pm

College grads all crying and getting news coverage, meanwhile the unemployment rate for high school grads is double theirs and we have nonstop illegals coming in and keeping their wages from even rising by the rate of inflation.

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@denysolleik9896

May 4, 2024 at 4:56 pm

The lipstick has worn off.

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@CryptoNewsNetwork_

May 5, 2024 at 10:36 am

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