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PlainName:

--- Quote ---Doesn't population growth factor into it?  There is only so much land...

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Yeah, what we need is something like a global pandemic to thin them out a bit.
coppice:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 17, 2020, 05:55:58 pm ---Yes, Covid is kind of inescapable and all-encompassing right now, it is affecting all of us and is essentially impossible to avoid.

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It extremely relevant to an electronics forum, as I am starting to hear from more and more hardware and software engineers who are now searching for a job in a terrible market. The past one or two weeks seems to have been the crunch point where many people have moved from working at home or furloughed, to laid off.
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: coppice on July 17, 2020, 06:01:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on July 17, 2020, 05:55:58 pm ---Yes, Covid is kind of inescapable and all-encompassing right now, it is affecting all of us and is essentially impossible to avoid.

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It extremely relevant to an electronics forum, as I am starting to hear from more and more hardware and software engineers who are now searching for a job in a terrible market. The past one or two weeks seems to have been the crunch point where many people have moved from working at home or furloughed, to laid off.

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I don't want to seem to be cold, but where I am, there is work. Whilst I understand those who graduated would prefer a particular station in life, the fact is right now the industries, such as supermarkets, cannot secure willing staff because accepting even casual work affect their welfare benefit status.

Now, I understand there a number who find that statement egregious, what I fail to understand is why young, fit people cannot see that the last thing you want when you're active and youthful is a desk job.

paulca:
As a software engineer I fear I may be sat on a step having watched lots of industries fall harshly, now dangling my feet over that edge my smile is fading.
Nusa:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 17, 2020, 05:33:49 pm ---
It plays in a lot, but the largest generation (still) are the boomers.  The millennial generation was quite small.

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The millennial generation wasn't small, it's just that the boomer generation was huge. Not anymore. Enough boomers have died off that millennials took the numerical lead last year, at least in the US. Boomers are still the larger voting block, simply because a higher percentage of them actually vote, but time will change that too, soon enough. If you combine Millennials with Gen X and voting-age Gen Z, they easily outnumber the boomer and remaining silent generation.
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