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To: 11th_VA

In the 2001 dot com crash, unemployment in the software industry in Seattle was probably about 40%.

I got a job offer from Microsoft in North Dakota. I went to Fargo. For 8 years.

The economy will tell you what you must do to eat.


2 posted on 04/09/2024 6:52:35 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (DEI = Didn't Earn It!)
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To: Uncle Miltie
The economy will tell you what you must do to eat.

Ditto - I worked on both coasts for 35 years - I went where the jobs were. However, AI could be a game changer for many …

12 posted on 04/09/2024 7:17:28 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Celebrate Climate Change !!!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I graduated from college with an EE degree in June of 1970. Got my dream job out in southern California with an aerospace firm. Three months later, I got laid off. Not employed long enough to get unemployment. Went home to Wisconsin with my tail between my legs.

Oh, by the way, the government cut the funding to the aerospace industries to “spend the money on unemployment”!


52 posted on 04/10/2024 7:45:46 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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