I think you're quite wrong. I'm not going to give up over a decade of skilled work because of a downturn. I'm not a fair weather dev.

when software is a fully outsourced function we'll see the same with marketing, sales, management, product. You won't need anyone locally.

This won't happen because of the problems culturally diverse teams experience.

I'm not being outsourced by AI, I'm being hit by projects going on hold because of budget constraints, and people not willing to hire a consultant because "they'll leave when the market improves".

Your coldness stems from ignorance not understanding.

thank you.

I really doubt that. I saw the market imorove and rates were higher, could be I came of a certain amount of experience at that time though.

I've found things have seriously taken a hit after IR35, but after interest rates increased saw the market truly become a desert.

is it just interest rates causing this? Seems almost impossible to be seen let alone heard. I've been thinking the ATS is causing lots of issues, but I've noticed how narrow roles and requirements have become.

> is it just interest rates causing this?

Partly. It's mostly poor decision making. Those that thought it was a good idea to massively over hire during COVID (a likely temporary event) caused this. There was a surge in salaries across the board and huge confusion as teams tried to scale.

The hiring criteria dropped. A lot of people that otherwise wouldn't have made it got hired.

Many large companies today are still not yet down to below COVID levels in employees.

Boom bust cycle I guess. Programmers have had a easy time. Getting a good job for normal people have been hard for a long time.

where would one begin looking for SEA?

Look on linkedin jobs in Bangkok offering relocation

who covers egress costs?

The cluster runs in your own VPC.

size, cost, culture of buying older vehicles. Those are just a few and as sporkydistance mentioned existing vehicles are good enough. My vehicle is ULEZ compliant and is from 2006, I will have this car until it hits 150-200k. That will have been majority of my driving career.

Also if you plan on owning a car for a long time, you start thinking more about maintenance and repair. Imported car parts are harder to get than domestic.

Alarm bells ring after the first like.

by using them

death of left was with new labour. That was the _real_ shift to the right.