The Fed Can't Help America's Young Tech Workers Who Are Struggling to Find a Job

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The article discusses how young tech workers are struggling to find jobs, and the limitations of the Federal Reserve in addressing this issue, with comments highlighting the need for structural changes in the industry.

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rawgabbitAuthor

2 months ago

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     A survey of 130 CEOs released on October 16 by the Conference Board, showed that their expectations for the economy in the next six months “turned from neutral to pessimistic,” and that 68% said they plan to maintain or shrink the size of their workforce.

silisili

2 months ago

I think it's worth reading the linked report. That quote sounds bad, and perhaps it is, but beyond it paints a slightly rosier picture. I'm not exactly sure what to take from those points...

https://www.conference-board.org/topics/CEO-Confidence/

ta9000

2 months ago

How about instead of giving millionaire farmers tens of billions of dollars, we set up a work project system where young software engineers get to work on programs for federal and state governments?

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