Doesn't matter. They aren't hiring to replace people. People tap-out for retirement and that position is now gone. Workforce reductions through layoffs... those positions also aren't returning. The tech sector has been brutalized over the past few years. Also, jeets hire there own, regardless of performance. None of this even begins to address upcoming AI impacts.
Add an evaporating mfg. industry onto the pile as if it's diesel fuel for good measure and toss a match. :fire_animated: