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Comment by oblio

4 hours ago

The number of tech employees worldwide in 2026 is probably 2x or more compared to 2001. Maybe even 3x. Things are not the same.

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red-iron-pine  3 hours ago

also add in that the single largest source of tech growth in the last 3 years has been building tools that will obliterate the need for tech employees.

replacing SRE-4s with AI is the point

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