[trustfundbaby]

> Is anyone aware of how hard covid hit the software engineering community via early deaths/retirements?

Can you provide some data around that?

[rurp]

This article[0] doesn't discuss the tech industry specifically, but Jerome Powell recently stated that deaths from covid is a notable factor in the labor shortfall. Those deaths, along with early retirements and decreased immigration, have left the labor market about 3.5 million people lighter than it would have been without covid.

[0]https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/the-missing-workers-who-are...

[lovich]

I phrased that awkwardly. I meant, does anyone know where/if that data exists. I didn't mean to ask it rhetorically.