According to CNN the economy is tanking

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28. As a long-time tech worker, this is kind of overdue. Technologies do change, and Industries do move onto

other tech-related, often times, better tech to employ in their businesses.

Fortunately, the tech changes don't make it into the Business World 100%, since some businesses continue to use old platforms (don't want to spend the money, want to continue to use the older tech), so they'll be jobs out there, it's just that the raises and such won't be coming as much as before. Some of my friends/acquaintances are making insane amounts of money on these jobs that employ the new software languages out there. I still can't believe the money amounts.

And yes, I do remember the shake down in early 2008, 2009, etc. I was planning for my retirement then at that time, and then WHAM, the whole thing collapsed, the markets, real estate, everything. I had to put my plans to retire onto the back burner until things 'calmed down' a bit.