Comment by pyuser583

Comment by pyuser583 2 days ago

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sorry your math seems strange. You graduated from college in ‘08 - 17 years ago. You’re nearing 40. So let’s say you graduated at 23 … you’ve only had a college level job for five years?

The economy has been moving upward since 2013 - 12 years ago. What were you doing from 2013 to 2020?

I ask because I also graduated around ‘08. I’ve been a software developer since 2016. I’m currently a senior dev with almost a decade of experience.

There were really crappy years to start with, but I feel I’ve made up for it substantially.

My own parents graduated in the late 70s during a terrible economic recession.

It seems weathering economic recessions have been a tradition for several generations.

I still remember articles almost identical to the ones I see now; “this generation is screwed and there is no possible salvation.”

It’s getting old.

flag_fagger 2 days ago

Yeah man, those stupid hick rednecks in Appalachia should have just learned to code.

  • pyuser583 2 days ago

    My grandparents were stupid redneck hicks from Appalachia who moved the Midwest and became wealthy and well educated.

    The current VP is a stupid redneck hick from Appalachia who … you can Google him.

    Point is, one way of responding to regional decline (Appalachia was once the wealthiest part of America) is to move.

  • bluGill 2 days ago

    I know some rednecks from Appalachia who did learn to code. He retired from IBM a few years ago (that is IBM was a different company when he worked there than it is now) to a nice retirement in his little mountain shack.

    Though I wouldn't tell the rest what they should do. The guy I know had to live in MN for decades (where I met him) away from the rest of his friends and family - that is itself a large cost in lifestyle that I question if money makes up for.