> You don't want to know what happens to those who got trapped in this industry, got their passion for coding completely beaten out of them and can't find any off-ramp.
Burnout babyy. You lose the joy in life and become a cynical gremlin full of spite. Or develop substance abuse habits or any other myriad coping strategies
Definitely the case. Apologies if my comment is overly negative. I hope the next few decades will be better and that this was rock bottom. In any case, some people have had a great time in this industry even after 2010s but I think a larger amount of people have had a horrible time.
I guess it's not the 80s anymore. Those were the good times.
That this comes with an ugly bouquet full of mental and physical health problems is another topic entirely, and that can fill 10 tomes of books though.