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oblioyesterday at 7:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

Asked Gemini quickly for 2000 and 2025 numbers (US).

Tech employees: 5.5m vs 9.9.

Software developers: 0.68m vs 3.2m.

Different ball game.


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nabbedyesterday at 9:51 PM

>Software developers: 0.68m vs 3.2m.

I had no idea I was in such an exclusive group back in 2000. Everyone I knew was a software engineer or in tech one way or another so I suppose I got a warped sense that I belonged to a larger group.

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game_the0ryyesterday at 8:00 PM

> Software developers: 0.68m vs 3.2m.

Wow. Just wow.