Comment by chickenzzzzu
7 months ago
the funniest thing about this graph is that it proves there was a raw drop off in all popularities in the last 2 years, which of course directly coincides with the great layoffening that has been happening for almost 3 years now.
this shows that people are definitely rotating out of "web technologies" in general, not because they aren't useful, but because the money isn't there anymore.
perhaps a large chunk have switched to AI hype trains, and it would be interesting to compare raw results of different AI headlines, but i suspect maybe 30% of people have left tech all together.
I think it's attention and mindshare going to AI
we would have to look at raw numbers, like, perhaps web tech is just "flat", not declining.
but my suspicion without evidence is that the gross number of people in the industry is actually dropping, though it should be increasing.
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