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by csomar 15 days ago
The article's logic doesn't hold up. The OP argues that "no-engineers" were valuable during ZIRP because companies were over-hiring and adding too much code but that's exactly the situation we're in now with AI. If anything, the analogy strengthens the case for them.

The OP even acknowledges this:

> Ironically, if ZIRP had not ended, this would be a glorious moment for the just-say-no engineers.

But then never explains what ZIRP actually has to do with it. Why does the end of ZIRP change anything?