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How screwed am I? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by buxton@programming.dev to c/experienced_devs@programming.dev

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I started working for a big corporation about six months ago. Turns out a few months before I started there was a new CTO hired from a startup. This CTO has been on a hiring spree and basically hired all of the technical staff of the startup he came from (to the point that they're suing the company I work for).

All these people from the startup have their own office, away from all the corporate offices. And they're writing something (that they won't reveal) in what they refer to as their bunker. The best we can gather is that they're coming up with modern equivalents of all the backend services. This would mean that everything the devs do in the office I work in will be redundant.

I have the feeling that within a year or so (maybe less) there'll be mass layoffs of all the existing devs. Am I being paranoid?

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[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Should probably start looking yesterday.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Exactly this - it's actually fortunate, because you can clearly see it coming, so you've got plenty of time to job hunt. When you find something, don't feel bad at all about bailing on the current one.

[–] buxton@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

True. I'm in europe as well, so they can't just fire us all without a lot of paperwork and planning. So even if it happens I'd know for a while.

Although next time I'll not work for a company with a mainframe. I think this is going to be my new question to as in interviews, "do you have a mainframe?"

[–] mr_washee_washee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i wish i could bookmark comments on kbin :/ now i ll keep screenshoting meanwhile

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Can you not use a traditional browser bookmark?