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The great displacement is already well underway?

(shawnfromportland.substack.com)
512 points JSLegendDev | 5 comments | 12 May 25 14:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ecshafer ◴[13 May 25 00:27 UTC] No.43968700[source]▶
I live in syracuse, I found a job this year after being laid off in 2 months. It was a stressful time. Instead or 5-6 hours a week hed be better off studying C,C++ and Java and applying to places locally. Syracuse does not have a ton of web work, but there is a big defense industry here (Saab, SRC, Lockheed, AFRL) so there are things. Cornell, SU, UofR, I imagine are hiring fewer software engineers now though with the potus changes.
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1. GuinansEyebrows ◴[13 May 25 18:26 UTC] No.43976082[source]▶
> but there is a big defense industry here (Saab, SRC, Lockheed, AFRL)

i hope things don't get so bad that my options are destitution or the defense industry, but i'm used to eating ramen.

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2. ourguile ◴[13 May 25 18:58 UTC] No.43976381[source]▶
There are also quite a number of medical device and pharmaceutical companies on the east coast (based in upstate NY here), along with defense industry contractors. So, there are some more options.
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3. GuinansEyebrows ◴[13 May 25 20:42 UTC] No.43977482[source]▶
medical devices i am slightly more sympathetic to, as a user of a DMD. pharmaceutical companies, only slightly higher than "defense" companies. they exist in practice so that few may benefit from the misery of many.
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4. cebert ◴[13 May 25 22:40 UTC] No.43978563[source]▶
Lockheed can be an excellent place to work. While I’m not particularly fond of building war machines either, I had the opportunity to work on Space Situational Awareness. My role involved developing software to track the movements of space debris and alert operators to potential collisions. This project has been one of the most fulfilling aspects of my entire career.
5. ahartmetz ◴[14 May 25 03:30 UTC] No.43980464{3}[source]▶
IME, medical device work is nice: they need high quality and they are willing and able to pay for it.