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U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October (thefivepost.com)
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[–] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I would kill to even HAVE a job to lose (one that isn't frying chicken I mean). It'll be a year since I finished my post-grad in infosec last year and the job outlook is SO incredibly shitty I'm having to decide by year's end to start over in a totally new career path.
If this is what it looks like before the bubble pops I don't want to be around to see what's it like after.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    i left the field to do IT at a non-tech institution that's also non-profit driven to avoid the current slog and the bubble fallout; but i suspect that i'll be in the bread lines too once the gov't cuts back on its grants.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    I'm not from the US, but even in the third world, infosec jobs are not looking good.

    The pay is completely shit, I wouldn't even be able to cover expenses if I wasn't living with my parents to save on rent. Every job I apply to, I get automated rejections. Every job that reaches out to me, wants to pay me the US equivalent of 25k USD a year for WFO 5 days a week with some considering going 6.

    Not to mention the labour laws here are non existent.

    The irony is that cyber crime is on the rise everywhere. There hasn't been any good news coming from this domain in the past year, and somehow, the executives in their eternal wisdom have decided to make infosec a secondary priority after AI

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The ever-growing relevance and demand for infosec was partly why I chose to specialize in it 3 years ago when I was deciding to go to school. It was seen as a very safe investment, the most economic option over choosing environmental sciences and everybody told me as much. There are zero entry-level positions basically anywhere and now we're heading into a mega recession. And the same tech capitalists are using to fuck us all is also changing the threat landscape meaning there's plenty of actual work to be done. Great example of how capitalist economies are decoupled from where actual work and productivity needs to be done. There are problems and vulnerabilities at every level of our societies but if nobody can get rich quickly by resolving them, we just all have to go fuck ourselves. Guess I'll learn to weld or something??? Oh wait even the TRADES are dead lol nevermind.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    It's really bad out here. I've applied to over 200 jobs in the past month while working full time (and usually over time) and I've heard back from exactly 0 places.

    Wtf is even happening anymore, idk. The market for freshers is pretty much dead

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