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Thank you, that's what I needed. I regularly update content to a list on Big Tech's unique perturbations[0], but I need to remember Hanlon's Razor.

That harbinger of hardship is also why I've been dialing back my career aspirations. I learned from personal experience around 2010 that rough economies create the following pattern:

1. A significant proportion of highly qualified people with 5 years' experience at [skill] are laid off.

2. They have to settle at seeking roles that require 3 years of [skill].

3. The 3-year experienced [skill] workers have to settle for 1-year roles.

4. Recurse for 1-year roles for no-experience roles.

5. New [skill] workers can't start in the market unless they personally know somebody.



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