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| If COVID-19 causes a recession, will it be harder to get a job in tech? |
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| engineheat:
I'm sure it'll be harder, but not sure how much tech companies would be affected compared to other industries. Any advice? Thanks |
| Bud:
I just heard Amazon is booming and expanding hiring more stuff. I think the businesses that interac with customers in person will suffer the most. Technology ones probably not that much. We just having a story here with Toyota plants closing only for a few days for desinfection after an employee confirmed case. |
| Stray Electron:
UPS is hiring like mad and a buddy of mine is a truck driver and he told me today that they're looking for drivers. I think home delivery will do WELL for the foreseeable future. That in turn will more computer systems for online ordered, package routing and tracking, etc. Tech should do WELL too. There's going to be a huge demand for more and better medical diagnostic equipment. Telecommuting is also going to be in high demand. |
| duak:
Some tech will do better, some will do worse. Medical tech will probably do very well. Gov'ts will likely shovel money into respirators, machines that go 'ping' and buildings to store them. They probably won't spring the money to staff them. I expect consumer stuff to take a shellacking if disposable income goes down the loo. If we have a credit contraction like in 2008/9 big ticket items like cars will also take a beating. There might be shiny new things in the Apple store, but fewer people will be able to afford them. I've never been through an international crisis like this before. Most Gov'ts are doing things to themselves simultaneously - it's sort of like group self flagelation. I'm older and more likely to suffer from COVID-19, so I thinks It's medically necessary but it's counter to economics as we've come to understand it. |
| David Hess:
I do not expect added delivery, stocking, and warehouse jobs to be other than short term. |
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