• SexUnderSocialism [she/her]@hexbear.netM
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    10 days ago

    Where do they go from here? Aside from going back to school for something more lucrative, they could take the suggestion from one laid-off tech veteran, who last year told SFGATE that she had started selling her blood plasma to make ends meet.

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      First, the workers need to unionize. Second, the AI bubble is going to burst one of these years. Maybe quite soon. So their skill set isn’t totally useless. Third, coding jobs are terrible, so a career change is great for those who can pull it off … easier said than done, though.