I'm young, please when was that and in what industry

habibur · 2025-12-01T07:57:14 1764575834

After the year 2000. dot com burst.

An tech employee posted he looked for job for 6 months, found none and has joined a fast food shop flipping burgers.

That turned tech workers switching to "flipping burgers" into a meme.

forgetfreeman · 2025-12-01T07:11:26 1764573086

.com implosion, tech jobs of all kinds went from "we'll hire anyone who knows how to use a mouse" to the tech jobs section of the classifieds was omitted entirely for 20 months. There have been other bumps in the road since then but that was a real eye-opener.

tonyhart7 · 2025-12-01T09:21:03 1764580863

well same like covid right??? digital/tech company overhiring because everyone is home and at the same time the rise of AI reduce the number of headcount

covid overhiring + AI usage = massive layoff we ever see in decades