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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: 0.67s | source
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flerchin ◴[13 May 25 19:55 UTC] No.43976998[source]▶
> I even hit rock bottom: opening myself up to the thought of on-site dev work

This to me is likely the issue. I suspect if he was willing to move and work on-site, he'd have been back in the saddle quite quickly. My forced career moves also all involved a nationwide job search, and corresponding move.

Still, I believe the struggle, and worry that we'll all be there in the next few years.

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1. awkward ◴[13 May 25 20:25 UTC] No.43977313[source]▶
Yup. The trust issues around overemployment or straight up fraudulent candidates have made remote work rare and have lead to companies offering a premium for hybrid or fully in person roles. I don't think WFH only is line you can afford to draw anymore if you're on the ropes and leveraged.
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2. shawnfrompdx ◴[13 May 25 20:52 UTC] No.43977601[source]▶
ive had tons of in-office dev jobs, but have primarily been working online since like 2012. not only has it been way better for my health and sanity but my productivity is way way higher. the thought of going back to an office is PTSD inducing, a big step back
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3. mplanchard ◴[13 May 25 21:54 UTC] No.43978202[source]▶
I worry about this, having moved away from a tech center for a better QoL. My current fallback plan if I can't find remote work on the next search is to look for hybrid jobs in NYC, which is a long-but-less-than-a-day's train ride from here, and to try to negotiate being in the office for either just a couple days a week or doing like a week on and a week off or whatever. It'd eat into salary to have to pay for somewhere to stay in the city for sure, but it'd be better than nothing.
4. ryandrake ◴[14 May 25 00:17 UTC] No.43979373[source]▶
> The trust issues around overemployment

I don’t think it’s really trust issues. Even If a candidate was fully honest that he’s planning to work two full time jobs, employers would still be against it. Even if the candidate was fully honest AND could somehow guarantee that his output would be 100% and he’d never miss a meeting, employers would STILL be against it. Full time white collar employers just feel entitled to exclusivity, that other kinds of employers just don’t seem to care about.

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5. em-bee ◴[15 May 25 11:53 UTC] No.43994053[source]▶
it's not entitlement. you only have so much energy per day. it also has been shown that the longer you work the lower your productivity gets. two full time jobs would be at least 70 hours per week, and even if you work 6 days a week, then that's almost 12 hours per day, leaving you with 12 hours for sleep and the rest of your life. that's barely manageable. i am half as productive when i am tired. you can do that if the work does not require a lot of concentration or energy and is low stakes. but not as a software developer.