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I’d welcome a bit of a recession

14 January, 2008 (11:43) | economy, hiring | By: bpm140

Hiring engineers is wicked tough right now. Anyone worth hiring as an early stage developer has their own dream project. There’s so much money flying around that everyone is convinced they can land some. I don’t think there’s a person at Yahoo who doesn’t own a second laptop for “personal” development.

A little less venture capital could really break some of that entrepreneurial spirit, so I say bring on the downturn! In the meantime, maybe I just need to develop the nerve to say “Your project idea will never work, so let me tell you about mine…”

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