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oblioyesterday at 1:20 PM1 replyview on HN

The number of tech employees worldwide in 2026 is probably 2x or more compared to 2001. Maybe even 3x. Things are not the same.


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red-iron-pineyesterday at 2:15 PM

also add in that the single largest source of tech growth in the last 3 years has been building tools that will obliterate the need for tech employees.

replacing SRE-4s with AI is the point