Terry: Current tech downturn is unprecedented for experienced workers
Phyl Terry · Land your dream job in today’s market: negotiation tactics, job search councils, more | Phyl Terry · Sep 12, 2024 · at 45:39
Phyl Terry, author of Never Search Alone, compares the current tech labor market to the 2001-2002 dot-com crash.
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“The difference is that we were a much smaller industry then, and people had been in web jobs only for a couple of years, where now we've got people who are in jobs for 1015 or more years in tech who have never seen a downturn, have never seen a market like this. We've never seen a tech market like this.”
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