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Stack Overflow: 79% of Developers Considering a Career Move

by bytearray on 1/28/24, 7:13 PM with 41 comments

  • by happytiger on 1/28/24, 8:26 PM

    This seems more like a social commentary about job satisfaction for the career at almost 80%, but I suspect the pattern of movement that the “only way to get a significant salary upgrade is to switch jobs” is the secret pressure. There are a LOT of disincentives to moving right now, especially with coast housing stock being at record cost and such low levels. Add to the fact that employers seem to be having a great time laying everyone off, and you have a powder keg for dissatisfaction.

  • by blisterpeanuts on 1/28/24, 8:20 PM

    I'm just one data point, but after quitting a 12-year position writing RFID related apps, I'm raising chickens and writing.

    There are no jobs for me; even for positions that totally align with my skills, the employers express no interest. For one thing, they get hundreds of applicants per posting. For another, DEI.

    One nice thing--my old employer is hiring me back on a consulting basis. Meanwhile, I'm retraining and looking into side hustles, AI-related opportunities, manufacturing (a lifelong interest).

    Technology as a career is not dead, but it has significantly downsized and is no longer a guaranteed job.

  • by billy99k on 1/28/24, 8:01 PM

    This tells you something: It's shitty everywhere and moving employers will most likely just get you a new set of problems.

  • by beer_backwards on 1/28/24, 10:56 PM

    my two cents (from personal experience): Getting money when you are from low SES is not that stimulating, because the money is inevitably spent on mundane purchases: i.e. buying a new pair of school shoes or school supplies, or beef instead of chicken for a meal that week, or fixing your car.

    If that money would be able to be spent on anything that the child desired, then I am sure that even a lower-SES would be more excited.

    I fundamentally believe that the higher-SES you are, the more agency you have (especially financial), where lower-SES are in constant survival mode. It is hard to get excited by small sums of money when you know that it will just be immediately spent on boring things.

  • by Ancalagon on 1/28/24, 8:09 PM

    Well duh. It’s shitty everywhere. Might as well keep my options open and do shitty work for more pay at the next place.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 1/29/24, 2:32 AM

    (2023)