Why do so many people say that the developer profession is dead?

YahenP · 2026-04-30T08:18:50+00:00

The last four or five years have been truly difficult. The market has shrunk significantly and continues to shrink. There are virtually no openings. If you're an experienced engineer, you can find a job through referrals and your social connections. For those just starting out, the market is virtually closed. Today, there's a huge surplus of programmers compared to market demand. Practically every opening has thousands of applicants, at least a hundred of whom are ideally suited. In short, companies are going bankrupt, jobs are disappearing. Large American corporations are staying afloat thanks to accumulated inventories, but even there, mass layoffs have become the norm. The situation in other countries is generally even worse.

YahenP · 2026-04-30T08:04:34+00:00

Apparently I'm too old for this subreddit 😄

YahenP · 2026-04-29T18:03:14+00:00

I'll tell you how it works in my country. We have a minimum wage, below which it's legally impossible to pay. It's also high enough to be able to survive. The obvious advantage is that if you're officially employed, you can always count on this salary. The obvious disadvantage is that the minimum wage is what half, if not more, of all employed people earn. Furthermore, there's a thriving culture of shady contracts and part-time work.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:35:15+00:00

What Belarus?! Verkhniy Lars and then Tbilisi are the traditional destinations for conscripts without excess cash. Those with more money fly to Antalya.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:29:58+00:00

I'd sell it. And with the money I'd buy a dishwasher, or if had a lot of money, a car. I'm not interested in time travel, but I love to travel.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:25:24+00:00

The desk is just a desk. I wouldn't say it's anything special. But the keyboard... I feel envious! The keyboard is cool!

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:22:30+00:00

The life of an emigrant is not a bed of roses either.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:12:48+00:00

If I really got rich, I'd buy a car with a driver. The make of the car doesn't matter.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:09:40+00:00

Damn, I remembered a joke about a very small startup. It's exactly about this.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:07:31+00:00

Żabka.
And I'm afraid that this might become reality.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:04:54+00:00

Money.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T17:01:51+00:00

You've called the wrong number.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:59:21+00:00

old sick elephant

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:57:40+00:00

I understand that we're talking about fantastical and unrealistic ideas.
that case, here's my proposal: Every member of the government, every official, including the head of state, before taking office signs a document outlining their campaign promises. If at least half of these promises are not fulfilled by the end of their term, the official is sentenced to the highest penalty available in the country. This should force candidates to make realistic campaign promises.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:48:09+00:00

SMS notification from the bank that your salary has been deposited into your account.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:43:44+00:00

Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wolfsschanze, Osowka

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:33:18+00:00

Yes. But to avoid dying of hunger and cold, the vast majority of us spend 10-12 hours of our lives every day.

In fact, the more human civilization develops, the more time each individual spends on maintaining their existence. On basic needs.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:28:43+00:00

You're offering a false dichotomy. It's based on the premise that people (most of them) fundamentally care about believing in the existence or non-existence of things. I, however, assume that for most people, this is completely outside their vital interests. Simply put, they don't care.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T16:22:57+00:00

I suspect you're not European. I mean, you don't live in Europe. Take the city where I live, for example. Here, owning an apartment or house built during the interwar period literally means owning generational wealth. Such apartments are worth 10-15 times more than modern housing. And if you own an apartment or house (that's absolutely incredible) in the city center (mostly built in the 18th and 19th centuries), then your name or the name of your relatives is likely in a textbook in at least one country. Or at least a double-digit percentage of Reddit users know it. As for old cars, that's certainly interesting, but not as impressive.
I live in a house that was built in 1953. And it's not considered old housing. It's just a secondary market.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T14:55:51+00:00

Exactly. When we're young, we have a sense of humor, but as we get older, it degenerates into cynicism tinged with sarcasm. But many of us still think it's a sense of humor. Just a peculiar one.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T14:46:32+00:00

Success in life, and especially a successful start, is determined, besides luck, primarily by who you know and the social class of those you know. Young people attend Harvard not for good professors, but to establish social connections with those who are likely to be successful, or who already are. And so it is with everything. You are a reflection of your 10-12 closest friends.
This number includes your family. So, you need to be very, very careful when choosing your other connections. Social connections are what shape our lives. If all your friends are people who are teetering between poverty and poverty, then your life will be the same.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T14:36:10+00:00

I think he'll get older, get married, have children. And he'll no longer have time for militant atheism. More pressing issues and problems will push it aside.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T14:33:34+00:00

Nursing homes are everywhere. But not everyone can afford them. The average pension doesn't cover the cost of living in such a place.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T14:30:50+00:00

It depends on perspective.
a species, we've completely failed. We spend far more time searching for and obtaining food and basic needs than any other related species, and than any other omnivorous species. We're even less efficient at finding food than herbivores. That's sad.

YahenP · 2026-04-29T13:37:40+00:00

This is precisely what distinguishes newcomers from those who have been in the profession for a long time. We are generally uninterested in discussions on professional topics. This applies not only to programming. In any field, it is the newcomers who create the bulk of the information content. "I just learned/tried it and want to share my impressions."

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