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by _bxg1 2277 days ago
There are companies that are directly impacted by changes (AirBnB, Uber) which are taking a hit.

There are other companies that directly benefit from the changes (Zoom, Netflix).

And then there are a bunch of tech startups that comprise risky investments and are very dependent on investor cash. Investors are very quickly going from open-handed to penny-pinching in the wake of the stock market crunch. These companies may be hit the hardest.

Outside of the above, I think in software it's mostly business as usual. Of course there will be those which are indirectly impacted as the whole economy recesses, but of all the places to be right now software is probably one of the best, between its tolerance for remote work and its continued usefulness while more physical industries are thrown a curveball.

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Right now a lot of companies still operating are b2b businesses also, with lots of the client businesses taking hits. That hasn't necessarily trickled upstream yet, but I suspect it will.