alt Hacker NewsEmployees, especially ones as well leveraged and overpaid as software engineers, are not victims. They can leave. They _should_ leave. Great engineers are still able to bet better paying jobs all the time.
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queenkjuul • yesterday at 10:30 PM
You obviously haven't gone job hunting in 2026
I hope you get the privilege soon
oh_my_goodness • yesterday at 9:56 PM
Employees are not victims. Sounds like a universal principle.
> Great engineers are still able to bet better paying jobs all the time
I know a lot of people who tried playing this game frequently during COVID, then found themselves stuck in a bad place when the 0% money ran out and companies weren’t eager in hiring someone whose resume had a dozen jobs in the past 6 years.